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
| Maurice Paterson - 1880 - 328 pages
...so clamp, Like a marsh's meteor lamp : And in each pillar there is a ring, THE PRISONER OF CHILLON. And in each ring there is a chain; That iron is a...cankering thing, For in these limbs its teeth remain, Castle of Chillon. I lost their long and heavy score When my last brother drooped and died, And I lay... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1880 - 630 pages
...; Creepmg o'er the floor so damp, Like a marsh's meteor lamp : And in each pillar there is a ring, 'st Even now to reassume the imperial mien, And shake again the world, the Thund limhs its teeth remain, With marks that will not wear away, Till I have done with this new day, Which... | |
| Horace Hills Morgan - 1880 - 476 pages
...Creeping o'er the floor so damp, K 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, With marks that will not wear away, *« Till I have done with this new day, Which now is painful to... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1881 - 800 pages
...: Creeping o'er the floor so damp, Like a marsh's meteor lamp : And in each pillar there is a ring, I Till I have done with this new day, Which now is painful to these eyes, Which have not seen the sun... | |
| Passages, John Allen Giles - 1881 - 744 pages
...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... | |
| Old favourites, Matilda Sharpe - 1881 - 438 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...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... | |
| Claude Moore Fuess, Henry Nichols Sanborn - 1909 - 324 pages
...Creeping o'er the floor so damp, Like a marsh's meteor lamp0 : 35 And in each pillar there is a ring, And in each ring there is a chain; That iron is a cankering0 thing, For in these limbs its teeth remain, With marks that will not wear away 40 Till I... | |
| Curtis Hidden Page - 1910 - 968 pages
...; Creeping o'er the floor so damp, Like a marsh's meteor lamp : And in each pillar there is a ring. the sweet cold hand! There, that is our secret :...remember, and understand. 1855. LOVE AMONG THE RUINS WHER Till I have done with this new day, Which now is painful to these eyes, Which have not seen the sun... | |
| Robert Porter St. John - 1911 - 268 pages
...Creeping o'er the floor so damp, Like a marsh's meteor lamp0 : 35 And in each pillar there is a ring, And in each ring there is a chain ; That iron is a...will not wear away, 40 Till I have done with this new day,0 Which now is painful to these eyes, Which have not seen the sun so rise For years — I cannot... | |
| Fred Newton Scott, Joseph Villiers Denney - 1911 - 488 pages
...; Creeping over 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... | |
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