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 Percy Family: The Alps and the Rhine - Page 70by Daniel Clarke Eddy - 1868 - 248 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Murray (Firm) - 1811 - 618 pages
...altar; for 'twas trod Until his very steps have left a trace Wern, as if thy cold pavement were a soil, By Bonnivard ! May none those marks efface ! For they appeal from tyranny to Coil." At length, in 1536, the Swiss wrested the Pays de Vaud from the hands of Charles V . of Savoy.... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1815 - 324 pages
...B 2 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...marks efface ! For they appeal from tyranny to God. THE PRISONER OF CHILLON. A FABLE. I. My hair is grey, but not with years, Nor grew it white In a single... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1816 - 88 pages
...s % 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...marks efface ! For they appeal from tyranny to God. THE PRISONER OF CHILLON. A FABI.E. I. MY hair is grey, but not with years, , Nor grew it white In a... | |
| 1817 - 728 pages
...wind. Chil Ion! 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, [efface ! By Bonnivard! — May none those marks For they appeal from tyranny toGod." The Poem is illustrated... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1818 - 216 pages
...VI. B 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...marks efface ! For they appeal from tyranny to God. THE PRISONER OF CHILLQN. A FABLE. 1. MY hair is grey, but not with years, Nor grew it white In a single... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1818 - 210 pages
...VI. B 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...marks efface ! For they appeal from tyranny to God. THE PRISONER OF CHILLON. A FABLE. I. MY hair is grey, but not with years, Nor grew it white In a single... | |
| Thomas Raffles - 1818 - 374 pages
...death. " 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. Bonnivard ! May none those marks efface, For they appeal from tyranny to God." Emerging from the dungeons... | |
| Thomas Raffles - 1818 - 330 pages
...altar—for 'twas trod, Until his very steps have left a trace Worn as if tby cold pavement were a sod. Bonnivard! May none those marks efface, For they appeal from tyranny to God. 1 ' Emerging from the dungeons of Chillon, we observed upon the lake, not many hundred yards from the... | |
| Thomas Raffles - 1819 - 370 pages
...death. " 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. Bonnivard ! May none those marks efface, ' . ' For they appeal from tyranny to God." Emerging from... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 478 pages
...wind. 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...marks efface ! For they appeal from tyranny to God. THE PRISONER OF CHILLON. .1. hair is grey, but not with years, Nor grew it white In a single night,1... | |
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