 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 Bradshaw - 1857 - 292 pages
...floor, rests on pillars, and is lit by several windows. Chillon ! thy prison ia hoi? place, And thy end floor an altar ; for 'twas trod, Until his very steps have left a trace. Worn, as If the cold pavement were a Bod, By Bonnivard This sonnet (which ranks with Milton's on the persecuted... | |
 | George Frederick Pardon - 1857 - 284 pages
...Three Prisoners of Chillon," he was made acquainted with the true history of and wrote : — " Chillon, thy prison is a holy place And thy sad floor an altar ; for 'twas trod Until its very steps have left a trace Worn, as if thy cold pavement were a sod, By Bonnivard ! may none... | |
 | George Bradshaw - 1857 - 278 pages
...pillars, and is lit by several windows. Chillon 1 thy priflon la a holy place, And thy Bad floor au altar ; for 'twas trod, Until his very steps have left a trace, Worn, as if the cold pavement were a eod, By Bonnivard 1 36 TmADSHAW's SWITZERLAND AND THE TTROL. of the author's... | |
 | George Bradshaw - 1857 - 258 pages
...rests on pillars, and is lit by several windows. Chillon I thy prison is a holy place. And thy Bad floor an altar ; for 'twas trod, Until his very steps have left a trace. Worn, na if the cold pavement were a aod. By Bonnivard. This sonnet (which ranks with Milton' s on -*-edYaudois),... | |
 | George Bradshaw - 1857 - 272 pages
...pillars, and is lit by several windows. ChilloD I thy prison is a holy place. And thy sad floor an alter ; for 'twas trod, Until his very steps have left a trace. Worn, as if the cold pavement were a sod, By Bonnivard I This sonnet (which ranks with Milton's on the persecuted... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1857 - 490 pages
...thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar ; for 't was trod, Until his very steps huve left a trace, Worn, as if thy cold pavement were a sod, By Bonnivard ! — May none those marks efface ! For they appeal from tyranny to God." 3. How happened it, in this... | |
 | Herbert Lockyer - 1988 - 284 pages
...amazed at such indifference to suffering! Do you recall Lord Byron's On the Castle of Chilian? 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 those marks efface! For they appeal from tyranny to God. Ever conscious that his precious... | |
 | George Gordon Byron - 1994 - 884 pages
...country conquers with their martyrdom, And Freedom's fame finds wings on етегу wind. Chillón ! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar — for 'twas trod, Until his тегу steps have left a trace Worn, as if thy cold pavement were a sod, By BoBiri vard I Мяу... | |
 | Masson - 1995 - 228 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,...as if thy cold pavement were a sod, By Bonnivard! May none those marks efface! For they appeal from tyranny to God. LORD BYRON To the Nile It flows through... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1995 - 412 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, 10 Until his very steps have left a trace Worn, as if thy cold pavement were a sod, By Bonnivard! -... | |
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