 | George Clinton - 1828 - 888 pages
...Their country conquers with their martyrdom. And Freedom's fame finds wings on every wind. < Million ! thy prison is a holy place, , And thy sad floor an...efface ! For they appeal from tyranny to God. The poem is supposed to be the narration of Bonnivard. He describes himself and his two brothers as chained... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1828 - 780 pages
...country conquers with their martyrdom, And Freedom's fame finds wings on every wind. Chillón ! iliv prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar — for 't was trod, Until his very steps have left a trace, \Vorn, as if thy cold pavement were a sod, By... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1829 - 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...trace Worn, as if thy cold pavement were a sod, By BonnivardK1)— May none those marks efface! For they appeal from tyranny to God. PRISONER OF CHILLON.... | |
 | Thomas Roscoe - 1830 - 594 pages
...if-..- ii- v i • \ r,i . "!.«• i•"•• ' I. I • . MONTREUX THE CASTLE OF CHILLON. Chillon I thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar...marks efface ! For they appeal from tyranny to God. BYRON. THE Castle of Chillon can never be viewed without exciting the noblest associations — those... | |
 | Thomas Roscoe - 1830 - 398 pages
...MONTREUX THE CASTLE OF CHILLON. Chillon.' thy prison Is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar—for 'twas trod, Until his very steps have left a trace, Worn as if thy cold pavement were a sod, By I5oyinivn.nl !—May none those marks efface ! For they appeal from tyranny to God. BYRON. THE Castle... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1831 - 442 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...appeal from tyranny to God. THE PRISONER OF CHILLON. i. MY hair is gray, but not with years, Nor grew it white In a single night, (2) As men's have grown... | |
 | 1831 - 488 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...marks efface ! For they appeal from tyranny to God." LITERARY CRITICISM. Tile Characters of Theophraslus ; illustrated by Physiognomical Sketches. To which... | |
 | 1831 - 486 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...have left a trace Worn, as if thy cold pavement were » sod, By Bonnivard ! — May none those marks efface ! For they appeal from tyranny to God." LITERARY... | |
 | François Bonivard - 1831 - 876 pages
...prison is a holy place, « And tby sad floor an altar — tor'twas trod, « Until his very steps hâve left a trace « Worn, as if thy cold pavement were...marks efface! •< For they appeal from tyranny to God (i). » voir pas été à temps suffisamment informé de l'histoire de Bonnivard, pour célébrer son... | |
 | William Hone - 1832 - 874 pages
...gloom, Their country conquers with their martyrdom, And Freedom's fame finds wings on every wind hillon! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar...'twas trod, Until his very steps have left a trace Vorn, as if thy cold pavement was a sod, By Bonnivard I — May none those marks efface For they aipeal... | |
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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... 
