 | John Hoppus - Europe - 1837 - 372 pages
...wave Have made— and like a living grave. Chillon ! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad fljor an altar- -for 'twas trod ' Until his very steps have...as if thy cold pavement were a sod, By Bonnivard!' , This part of the lake of Geneva has acquired additional celebrity by its being identified with the... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 480 pages
...Their country conquers with their martyrdom, And Freedom's fame finds wings on every wind. Chillón! thy prison is a holy place. And thy sad floor an altar — for 'twas trod, (I) AVlieti this poem wan composed, I waa not sufficiently aware of the history of ßonnivard, or I... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 982 pages
...'ibre " ri'tamft : '" r';P"bHque s'empressa lui témoigner sa reconnaissance, et de le dédommager des Until his very steps have left a trace Worn, as if thy cold pavement were : sod, By Bonnivard! — May none those marluefbet; For they appeal from tyranny to God. THE PRISONER... | |
 | Literature - 1839 - 726 pages
...child, I should wish to be in the place of that unfortunate ladv." A VISIT TO THE CHATEAU OF CHILLON. " Chillon ! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar." LEAVING Geneva in the steamer at eight o'clock in the morning, I arrived at Vevay at four o'clock on... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - Alps, French (France) - 1838 - 446 pages
...Bonnivard, from which the following lines are taken : " Chillon ! tby prison is a holy place, And tby sad floor an altar; for 'twas trod Until his very steps have left a trace \Vorn, as if tby cold paveraent were a sod. By Bomuvartl 1 May none those marks efface 1 For they appeal... | |
 | Isaac Appleton Jewett - Europe - 1838 - 384 pages
...thoughts of Switzerland. I shut one volume ; the pages of another open before me. 332 XXVII. CHILLON. ' Chillon ! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar.' LEAVING Geneva in the steamer, at eight o'clock in the morning, I arrived at Vevay at four o'clock... | |
 | Isaac Appleton Jewett - Europe - 1838 - 706 pages
...Switzerland. I shut one volume ; the pages of another open before me. XXVII. CHILLON. ' i.'hillnn ! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar.' LEAVING Geneva in the steamer, at eight o'clock in the morning, I arrived at Vevay at four o'clock... | |
 | John Murray - 1838 - 452 pages
...following lines are taken : " Chillón 1 thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad lloor an altar; fur 'twas trod Until his very steps have left a trace Worn, as it' thy cold pavement wei-e a soil, By Bonnivard 1 May none those marks efface ! For they appeal from... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1839 - 766 pages
...wish to be in the place of that unfortunate lady." A VISIT TO THE CHATEAU OF CHILLÓN. " Chillón ! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar." LEAVING Geneva in the steamer at eight o'clock in the morni I arrived at Vevay at four o'clock on the... | |
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To fetters, and the damp vault's dayless gloom, Their country conquers with their martyrdom, And Freedom's fame finds wings on every wind. Chillon! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar — for 'twas trod, Until his very steps have left... 
