 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 Lord Byron - Page 267by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1823Full view - About this book
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 478 pages
...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...Worn, as if thy cold pavement were a sod, By Bonnivard ! ' — May none those marks efface ! For they appeal from tyranny to God. THE PRISONER OF CHILLON.... | |
 | John Watkins - 1822 - 452 pages
...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...Worn, as if thy cold pavement were a sod, By Bonnivard ! — may none those marks efface ! For they appeal from tyranny to God." Yet the history of Bonnivard,... | |
 | John Watkins - 1822 - 476 pages
...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...Worn, as if thy cold pavement were a sod, By Bonnivard ! — may none those marks efface ! For they appeal from tyranny to God." Yet the history of Bonnivard,... | |
 | Depping - 1822 - 208 pages
...poèmes comme un lieu sacré: . . Chillon! thy prison is a holy J And thy sad floor an altar. For't was trod Until his very steps have left a trace Worn, as if thy cold pavement wtre a sod, By Bonnivard ! may none those marks efface! For they appeal from tyranny to god. Ce fut... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1822 - 614 pages
...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, t-'ntil his very steps have left a trace Worn, as if thy cold pavement were a sod, Ky Bonnivard ! *... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1823 - 310 pages
...Their country conquers with their martyrdom, And Freedom's fame finds wings on every- wind. ChiUon! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar...Worn, as if thy cold pavement were a sod, By Bonnivard ! ' — May none those marks efface ! For they appeal from tyranny to God. > .- THE PRISONER OF CHILLON.... | |
 | 1845 - 448 pages
...pillars one by one. Returning where my walk begun." Nor is the following apostrophe untrue: " Chillon ! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar...as if thy cold pavement were a sod, By Bonnivard. May none these marks efface, For they appeal from tyranny to God." But however this may be, there is... | |
 | 1827 - 480 pages
...one, Returning where my walk begun." Nor it the following emphatic apostrophe untrue — *' Chillon ! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar...Worn, as if thy cold pavement were a sod. By Bonnivard ! May none those marks efface, For they appeal from tyranny to God !" But however this may be, there... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1824 - 322 pages
...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...Until his very steps have left a trace Worn, as if thy eold pavement were a sod, By Bonnivard!* — May none those marks efface! For they appeal from tyranny... | |
 | Louise Swanton-Belloc - 1824 - 400 pages
...Their countrj conquers with thcir murtyrdom , And frecflom's fame finds wings on every wind. Chillon ! thy prison is a holy place And thy sad floor an altar — for 'twa« li-od , Until his.very steps have Icft a trace Worn , as if thy cold pavement were a soJ , By... | |
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