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" And in each pillar there is a ring, And in each ring there is a chain; That iron is a cankering thing, For in these limbs its teeth remain, With marks that will not wear away... "
The Works of Lord Byron: Embracing His Suppressed Poems, and a Sketch of His ... - Page 167
by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1861 - 1071 pages
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The Hand-book for Travellers in Switzerland and the Alps of Savoy and ...

John Murray (Firm) - 1811 - 618 pages
...it ripple night and day. In Chillon's dungeons deep and old There are seven columns massy and grey, Dim with a dull, imprison'd ray, A sunbeam which hath...o'er the floor so damp, Like a marsh's meteor lamp." Byron has exaggerated the depth of the lake, which near Ihe castle does not exceed 280 ft. "It is by...
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Hebrew Melodies

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1815 - 324 pages
...dungeons deep and old, There are seven columns, massy and grey, Dim with a dull imprisoned ray, 30 A sunbeam which hath lost its way, And through the...marsh's meteor lamp : And in each pillar there is a ring, And in each ring there is a chain ; That iron is a cankering thing, For in these limbs its...
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The Prisoner of Chillon, and Other Poems, Volume 1

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1816 - 88 pages
...dungeons deep and old, There are seven columns, massy and grey, Dim with a dull imprisoned ray, 30 A sunbeam which hath lost its way, And through the...marsh's meteor lamp : And in each pillar there is a ring, And in each ring there is a chain ; That iron is a cankering thing, For in these limbs its...
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Spirit of the English Magazines, Volume 1

1817 - 506 pages
...dull imprisoned ray, A snnbeam which hath lost its way, Aor) through the crevice and the cleft Of He thick wall is fallen and left ; Creeping o'er the...marsh's meteor lamp : And in each pillar there is a ring, And in each ring there is a chain ; That iron is a cankering thing. For in these limbs its...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Lord Byron: Prisoner of Chillon. Manfred ...

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1818 - 216 pages
...dungeons deep and old, There are seven columns, massy and grey, Dim with a dull imprisoned ray, 30 A sunbeam which hath lost its way, And through the...marsh's meteor lamp : And in each pillar there is a ring, And in each ring there is a chain ; That^iron is a cankering thing, For in these limbs its...
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The works of ... lord Byron, Volume 6

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1818 - 210 pages
...dungeons deep and old, There are seven columns, massy and grey, Dim with a dull imprisoned ray, 30 A sunbeam which hath lost its way, And through the...marsh's meteor lamp : And in each pillar there is a ring, And in each ring there is a chain ; That iron is a cankering thing, For in these limbs its...
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The works of lord Byron, Volume 3

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1820 - 260 pages
...pillars of gothic mould, In Chillon's dungeons deep and old, There are seven columns, massy and gray, Dim with a dull imprison'd ray, A sunbeam which hath...a marsh's meteor lamp: And in each pillar there is a ring, And in each ring there is a chain; That iron is a cankering thing, For in these limbs its teeth...
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Lord Byron's Works ...

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 478 pages
...Chillon's dungeons deep and old; There are seven columns, massy and grey, Dim with a dull imprisoned ray, A sunbeam which hath lost its way, And through...marsh's meteor lamp : And in each pillar there is a ring, And in each ring there is a chain ; That iron is a cankering thing, For in these limbs its...
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The Works of Lord Byron: Lara. Siege of Corinth. Parisina. The prisoner of ...

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 294 pages
...dungeons deep and old, There are seven columns, massy and gray, Dim with a dull imprison'd ray, 30 A sunbeam which hath lost its way, And through the...o'er the floor so damp, Like a marsh's meteor lamp: 35 And in each pillar there is a ring, And in each ring there is a chain; That iron is a cankering...
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The works of lord Byron, comprehending the suppressed poems, Volumes 5-6

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1822 - 614 pages
...dungeons deep and old ; There are seven columns, massy and gray, Dim with a dull imprison'd ray, 3o A sunbeam which hath lost its way, And through the...o'er the floor so damp, Like a marsh's meteor lamp : 35 And in each pillar there is a ring, And in each ring there is a chain ; That iron is a cankering...
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