The Prisoner of Chillon, and Other PoemsJohn Murray, 1816 - 60 pages With the Prisoner of Chillon (1816) the English poet Lord Byron (1788-1824) turned the Castle of Chillon into a long-term popular tourist attraction. This one is the First edition of the poem |
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antique Oratory Bibliothèque publique bird Bonnivard breath brother's soul brow Ce grand homme chain change came o'er Chillon's snow-white battlement Conseil corse darkness death desolate died dread dream Duc de Savoye dungeon wall dwell earth encore eternal étoit Extinguish'd famish'd fate fear feel fetters Geneve libre grand homme grave grew grief heart Heaven her's hill Il fut lake Leman light Lone-as marks efface massy monarch of old names are worthy ne'er o'er his face o'er the spirit patrie perish'd Pontic monarch prêche PRISONER OF CHILLON qu'il avoit quiet réussit Rhone seem'd seven pillars shadow shalt shriek'd sigh Sleep hath smile SONNET ON CHILLON steed stood sunbeam tablet of unutterable tears thee thine things Thou art thou didst thoughts Was traced thy cold thy shore TITAN torture twas twere unutterable thoughts voice Wanderer wave wild wings withered worthy of thy