 A sunbeam which hath lost its way, And through the crevice and the cleft Of the thick wall is fallen and left; Creeping o'er the floor so damp, Like a marsh's meteor lamp : And in each pillar there is a ring, And in each ring there is a chain ; 'That...  The Works of Lord Byron - Page 15by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1901Full view - About this book
 | 1875 - 400 pages
...and clamorously free ; and who can with justice and reason appropriate to themselves the lines : " That iron is a cankering thing, For in these limbs...teeth remain, With marks that will not wear away. Till I have done with this new day." But all those charges and recriminations may be laid down on the... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1875 - 246 pages
...Three were in a dungeon cast,' Of whom this wreck is left the last. Finished as they had begun, ii. And in each ring there is a chain; That iron is a cankering thing, There are seven pillars of Gothic mould In Chillon's dungeons deep and old, There are seven columns,... | |
 | 1877 - 294 pages
...left; Creeping o'er the floor so damp, Like 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...teeth remain, With marks that will not wear away, Till I have done with this new day, Which now is painful to these eyes, Which have not seen the sun... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1878 - 636 pages
...iron is a cankering thing, For in these limbs its teeth remain, With marks that will not wear away, Till I have done with this new day, Which now is painful...sun so rise For years — I cannot count them o'er I I lost their long and heavy score When my last brother droop'd and died, And I lay living by his side.... | |
 | S. H - 1878 - 138 pages
...creature like Bonnivard at Chillón " Only drew "The accursed breath of dungeon dew," and experienced " That iron is a cankering thing " For in these limbs its teeth remain " With marke that will not wear away." It is now known as Marten's tower (vide Henry Marten), and a spiral... | |
 | Herbert Courthope Bowen - 1879 - 318 pages
...Creeping 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...painful to these eyes, Which have not seen the sun to rise For years — I cannot count them o'er, I lost their long and heavy score, 45 When my last... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1879 - 408 pages
...iron is a cankering thing, For in these limbs its teeth remain, With marks that will not wear away, Till I have done with this new day, Which now is painful...these eyes, Which have not seen the sun so rise For years—I cannot count them o'er, I lost their long and heavy score, When my last brother droop'd and... | |
 | 1879 - 798 pages
...good friend to me, said Scrooge (Dickens); For she is always near to me, Though far I am away (Song); Till I have done with this new day, which now is painful to these eyes (Byron); When day was beautiful to me As to young eagles, being free (id); It was not even the dungeon-light,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1124 pages
...Creeping o'er the floor so damp, Like a marsh's meteor lamp, — And in each pillar there is a ring, he world, and all the wonder Till I have done with this new day, Which now is painful to these eyes, Which have not seen the sun... | |
 | William Swinton - 1880 - 694 pages
...left, Creeping o'er the floor so damp, Like 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 remain, 25 35 28. In Chillon's dungcons. The Castle of Chillon, with its massive walls and towers, one and... | |
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