 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
 | George Bradshaw - 1857 - 292 sider
...Bonnivard, with its rock floor, rests on pillars, and is lit by several windows. Chillon 1 thy prison U a 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 sod. By Eounivard 1 This sonnet (which is nearly equal to Milton's on the... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1859 - 586 sider
...bind ; And when thy eons to fetters are consign'd — To fetters, and the damp vault's dayless gloom, Their country conquers with their martyrdom, And Freedom's...tyranny to God. THE PRISONER OF CHILLON. I. My hair is gray, but not with years, Nor grew it white In a single night,* As men's have grown from sudden fears... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1859 - 614 sider
...Their country conquers with their martyrdom, And Freedom's fame finds wings on every wind. Chillou ! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar...sod, By Bonnivard ! — May none those marks efface 1 For they appeal from tyranny to God. THE PRISONER OF CHILLON." MY hair is gray, but not with years,... | |
 | John Robinson Tait - 1859 - 172 sider
...Their country conquers with their martyrdom, And Freedom's fame finds wings on every wind. Chiilon ! thy prison is a holy place, . . And thy sad floor...trace, • Worn, as if thy cold pavement were a sod, By Bonivard ! — May none those marks efface : For they appeal from tyranny to God." Bonivard was released... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1859 - 914 sider
...Their country conquers with their martyrdom, And Freedom's fame finds wings on every wind. Chillón ! nions. 1 When this poem wa» composed, I was not sufficiently aware of the hiitory of Bonnivard, or 1 should... | |
 | 1859 - 396 sider
...steps to the stone. " Chillón ! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar ; for Ч was trod, Until his very steps have left a trace, Worn,...marks efface ! For they appeal from tyranny to God." How happened it, in this long night, which no day broke in upon, and where the silence was disturbed... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1859 - 450 sider
...more wearing ' to his mindi^ than his steps to the stone. " Chillon ! thy prison is a holy place, Aml thy sad floor an altar ; for 'twas trod, Until his...Worn, as if thy cold pavement were a sod, By Bonnivard ! — M:iy none those marks efface ! For they appeal from tyranny to God." 3. How happened it, in this... | |
 | Herbert Lockyer - 1988 - 284 sider
...were 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...marks efface! For they appeal from tyranny to God. Ever conscious that his precious Lord was with him while in bondage, Paul made his prison a holy place,... | |
 | Masson - 1995 - 228 sider
...can 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...marks efface! For they appeal from tyranny to God. LORD BYRON To the Nile It flows through old hush'd /tgypt and its sands, Like some grave mighty thought... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1995 - 412 sider
...the damp vault's dayless gloom, Their country conquers with their martyrdom, And Freedom's fame fmds wings on every wind. Chillon! thy prison is a holy...sod, By Bonnivard! - May none those marks efface! Byron's sonnet is characteristic of his personal outlook and poetry in that it projects liberty as... | |
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