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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... "
The Works of the Right Honourable Lord Byron: Prisoner of Chillon. Manfred ... - Page 2
by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1818
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The Edinburgh Literary Journal: Or, Weekly Register of Criticism ..., Volume 5

Great Britain - 1831 - 486 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...have left a trace Worn, as if thy cold pavement were » sod, By Bonnivard ! — May none those marks efface ! For they appeal from tyranny to God." LITERARY...
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Les chroniques de Genève, Volume 1

François Bonivard - 1831 - 876 pages
...prison is a holy place, « And tby sad floor an altar — tor'twas trod, « Until his very steps hâve left a trace « Worn, as if thy cold pavement were...marks efface! •< For they appeal from tyranny to God (i). » voir pas été à temps suffisamment informé de l'histoire de Bonnivard, pour célébrer son...
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The Year Book, of Daily Recreation & Information: Concerning Remarkable Men ...

William Hone - 1832 - 874 pages
...gloom, Their country conquers with their martyrdom, And Freedom's fame finds wings on every wind hillon! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar...'twas trod, Until his very steps have left a trace Vorn, as if thy cold pavement was a sod, By Bonnivard I — May none those marks efface For they aipeal...
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The Year Book of Daily Recreation and Information

William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1832 - 852 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, Until his very steps have left a (race Worn, as if thy cold pavement was a sod, By Bonnivard ! — May none those marks efface ! For...
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The Cambridge Book of Poetry and Song

Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 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 liis very steps have left a trace Worn, as if thy cold pavement were a sod, By Bonnivard ! — May...
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Childe Harold's pilgrimage, The giaour, The siege of Corinth [and other poems].

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1832 - 488 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 't was trod, Until his very steps have left a trace, Worn, as if thy cold pavement were a sod, By Bonnivard...
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The Complete Works of Lord Byron: Including His Suppressed Poems ..., Volume 1

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1832 - 488 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 't was trod, Until his very steps have left a trace, Worn, as if thy cold pavement were a sod, By Bonnivard...
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The Works of Lord Byron: With His Letters and Journals, and His Life, Volume 10

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - Poets, English - 1833 - 356 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...marks efface! For they appeal from tyranny to God. (1) [In the first draught, the sonnet opens thus — " Beloved Goddess of the chainless mind ! Brightest...
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Finden's Illustrations of the Life and Works of Lord Byron: With ..., Volume 2

William Brockedon - 1833 - 356 pages
...therefore, allowed to proceed. V --l I f • f THE DUNGEON OF CHILLON. From • Dmixg by C. Stnfidd, ARA " Chillon ! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad...his very steps have left a trace, Worn, as if thy soft pavement were a sod, By Bonnivard ! May none these marks efface ! For they appeal from tyranny...
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Finden's Illustrations of the Life and Works of Lord Byron: With ..., Volume 2

William Brockedon - Greece - 1833 - 332 pages
...» T..Ut..4 iC-.N. АГ " THE DUNGEON OF CHILLÓN. From tt Drawing by C. Stanfield, ARA " Chillón ! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar...his very steps have left a trace, Worn, as if thy soft pavement were a sod, By Bonnivard ! May none these marks efface ! For they appeal from tyranny...
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