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... Hoekzema's Gleanings from English Poetry - Side 152af David Hoekzema - 1893 - 334 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
| 1837 - 594 sider
...walls of the famous Castle of Chillon, where Bonnivard, Byron's ' Prisoner,' lingered in chains : ' Chillon ! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad...efface, For they appeal from tyranny to God !' The castle is at the foot of the hill, on the very margin of the lake, and seems almost to rise out of... | |
| 1837 - 578 sider
...walls of the famous Castle of Chillon, where Bonnivard, Byron's ' Prisoner,' lingered in chains : ' Chillon ! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad...marks efface, For they appeal from tyranny to God !' 388 Clareus — Lousanne — Moral. [November, ture's fairest works. We passed Clarens, too, the... | |
| 1837 - 580 sider
...walls of the famous Castle of Chillon, where Bounivard, Byron's ' Prisoner,' lingered in chains : ' Chillon ! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad...were a sod, By Bonnivard ! — May none those marks eflace, For they appeal from tyranny to God !' ture's fairest works. We passed Clareas, too, the '... | |
| John Hoppus - 1837 - 372 sider
...wave Have made— and like a living grave. Chillon ! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad fljor an altar- -for 'twas trod ' Until his very steps have...as if thy cold pavement were a sod, By Bonnivard!' , This part of the lake of Geneva has acquired additional celebrity by its being identified with the... | |
| George Palmer Putnam, Author of An introduction and index to general history - 1838 - 302 sider
...Prisoner,' lingered in chains : 'Chillon ! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad flor an altar— lor 'twas trod, Until his very steps have left a trace,...efface, For they appeal from tyranny to God!' The castle is at the foot of the hill, on the very margin of the Lake, "and seems almost to rise out of... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1841 - 998 sider
...réformée : la république s'empressa île lui témoigner sa reconnaissance, et de le dédommager dea S.— - Bui .11 a* I '"" « lhc M Sparu" ""*" ' (...— upon this cast ! Such as I am, 1 offer me to yo CHILLÓN. (3) I. MY hair is grey, but not with years, Nor grew it while In a single night, As men's... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1842 - 866 sider
...Their country conquers with their martyrdom, And Freedom's fame finds wings on every wind. Chillón ! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar...a trace Worn, as if thy cold pavement were a sod, ! When this poem wae composed, I was not sufficiently aware of the history of Bonnivard, or I should... | |
| John Murray - 1842 - 482 sider
...the sonnet on Bonnivard, from which the following lines are taken : — " Chillón ! thy prison is я holy place, And thy sad floor an altar; for 'twas...Until his very steps have left a trace Worn, as if the cold pavement were a «od, By Bonnivard ! May none those marks efface ! For they appeal from tyranny... | |
| Bailly de la Londe - 1842 - 636 sider
...prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar. For't was trod, Until his very steps hâve left-a trace Worn, as if thy cold pavement were a sod, By...May none those marks efface! For they appeal from lyranny to God (i). (« O Chillon ! ta prison est un lieu sacré, et ton triste - pavé un autel ;... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1843 - 560 sider
...bind ; And when thy sons to fetters are consign'd — To fetters, and the damp vault's dayless gloom, Their country conquers with their martyrdom, And Freedom's...is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar — for 't was trod, Until his very steps have left a trace Worn, as if thy cold pavement were a sod, By Bonnivard... | |
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