| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1821 - 478 pages
...less 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...For they appeal from tyranny to God. THE PRISONER OF CHILLON. .1. hair is grey, but not with years, Nor grew it white In a single night,1 As men's have... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 294 pages
...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 a trace Worn, as if thy cold pavement were a... | |
| John Watkins - 1822 - 452 pages
...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...marks efface ! For they appeal from tyranny to God." Yet the history of Bonnivard, highly interesting as it might have been made, forms no part of the poem... | |
| John Watkins - Poets, English - 1822 - 476 pages
...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...marks efface ! For they appeal from tyranny to God." Yet the history of Bonnivard, highly interesting as it might have been made, forms no part of the poem... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1822 - 614 pages
...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, t-'ntil his very steps have left a trace Worn, as if thy cold pavement were a sod, Ky Bonnivard ! *... | |
| Depping - 1822 - 208 pages
...poèmes comme un lieu sacré: . . Chillon! thy prison is a holy J And thy sad floor an altar. For't was trod Until his very steps have left a trace Worn, as if thy cold pavement wtre a sod, By Bonnivard ! may none those marks efface! For they appeal from tyranny to god. Ce fut... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1823 - 310 pages
...Their country conquers with their martyrdom, And Freedom's fame finds wings on every- wind. ChiUon! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar...they appeal from tyranny to God. > .- THE PRISONER OF CHILLON. A FABLE. I. My hair is grey, but not with years, Nor grew it white In a single night,2 As... | |
| 1827 - 480 pages
...one by one, Returning where my walk begun." Nor it the following emphatic apostrophe untrue — *' Chillon ! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad...marks efface, For they appeal from tyranny to God !" But however this may be, there is a memorial in this place which cannot fail of proving a source... | |
| 1845 - 448 pages
...round the pillars one by one. Returning where my walk begun." Nor is the following apostrophe untrue: " Chillon ! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad...thy cold pavement were a sod, By Bonnivard. May none these marks efface, For they appeal from tyranny to God." But however this may be, there is a memorial... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1823 - 316 pages
...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...as if thy cold pavement were a sod, By Bonnivard! (1) — May none those marks efface! For they appeal from tyranny to God. PRISONER OF CHILLON. i. MY... | |
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