 I begg'd them, as a boon, to lay His corse in dust whereon the day Might shine — it was a foolish thought, But then within my brain it wrought, That even in death his freeborn breast In such a dungeon could not rest. I might have spared my idle prayer...  The Prisoner of Chillon, and Other Poems - Page 10by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1816 - 60 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1879 - 408 pages
...shine—it was a foolish thought, But then within my brain it wrought, That even in death his freeborn breast In such a dungeon could not rest. I might have...laid him there: The flat and turfless earth above The being we so much did love; His empty chain above it leant, Such murder's fitting monument ! But... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1880 - 630 pages
...was a foolish thought, But then within my hrain it wrought, That even in death his free-horn hreast ou limir * ahove The heing we so much did love ; His empty chain ahove it leant,— Such murder's fitting monument... | |
 | Mary E. Doyle - 1909 - 508 pages
...spared my idle prayer — They coldly laugh'd — and laid him there: The flat and turfless earth above The being we so much did love ; His empty chain above...monument ! VIII But he, the favorite and the flower, Most cherish'd since his natal hour, His mother's image in fair face, The infant love of all his race, His... | |
 | Claude Moore Fuess, Henry Nichols Sanborn - 1909 - 328 pages
...idle prayer — They coldly laughed — and laid him there : The flat and turfless earth above ieo The being we so much did love; His empty chain above...Such murder's fitting monument ! VIII But he, the favourite and the flower, Most cherished since his natal hour, ies His mother's image in fair face,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1909 - 160 pages
...idle prayer — They coldly laughed — and laid him there : ieo The flat and turfless earth above The being we so much did love ; His empty chain above it leant, Such murder's fitting monument ! Till. But he, the favorite and the flower, IBS Most cherished since his natal hour, His mother's... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1909 - 160 pages
...it was a foolish thought, j«5 But then within my brain it wrought, That even in death his freeborn breast In such a dungeon could not rest. I might have spared my idle prayer — They coldly laughed — and laid him there : 1w The flat and turfless earth above The being we so much did love... | |
 | Claude Moore Fuess, Henry Nichols Sanborn - 1909 - 324 pages
...it was a foolish thought, But then within my brain it wrought, 155 That even in death his freeborn breast In such a dungeon could not rest. I might have spared my idle prayer — They coldly laughed — and laid him there:. The flat and turfless earth above 160 The being we so much did love;... | |
 | 1910 - 540 pages
...— it was a foolish thought, But then within my brain it wrought, That even in death his freeborn breast In such a dungeon could not rest. I might have...laid him there: The flat and turfless earth above The being we so much did love; His empty chain above it leant, Such murder's fitting monument! But... | |
 | Alphonso Gerald Newcomer, Alice Ebba Andrews - 1910 - 778 pages
...breast In such a dungeon could not rest. I might have spared my idle prayer — They coldly laughed, of all. Some shape of beauty moves away the pall From...old and young, sprouting a shady boon For simple s But he, the favourite and the flower, Most cherished since his natal hour, His mother's image in fair... | |
 | 1910 - 356 pages
...— it was a foolish thought, But then within my brain it wrought, That even in death his freeborn breast In such a dungeon could not rest. I might have spared my idle prayer — They coldly laughed, and laid him there: The flat and turfless earth above 160 The being we so much did love; His... | |
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