 | John Murray (Firm) - 1811 - 618 pages
...Chillon's dungeons deep and old There are seven columns massy and grey, Dim with a dull, imprison'd ray, A sunbeam which hath lost its way, And through...o'er the floor so damp, Like a marsh's meteor lamp." Byron has exaggerated the depth of the lake, which near Ihe castle does not exceed 280 ft. "It is by... | |
 | 1816 - 692 pages
...pillars of gothic mold, In Chillon's dungeons deep and old,— There are seven columns, massy and grey, Dim with a dull imprisoned ray, A sunbeam which hath...crevice and the cleft Of the thick wall is fallen ;i»<i left; Creeping o'er the floor so damp, Like a marsh's meteor lamp: And in each pillar there... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1816 - 674 pages
...old, — There are seven columns, massy and grey, Dim with a dull imprisoned ray, A snnbeam which bath lost its way, And through the crevice and the cleft Of the thick wall is fallen and lelt ; Creeping o'er the floor so damp, Like a marsh's meteor lamp.: ; And in each pillar there is... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 294 pages
...dungeons deep and old, There are seven columns, massy and gray, Dim with a dull imprison'd ray, 30 A sunbeam which hath lost its way, And through the...o'er the floor so damp, Like a marsh's meteor lamp: 35 And in each pillar there is a ring, And in each ring there is a chain; That iron is a cankering... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1822 - 614 pages
...dungeons deep and old ; There are seven columns, massy and gray, Dim with a dull imprison'd ray, 3o A sunbeam which hath lost its way, And through the...o'er the floor so damp, Like a marsh's meteor lamp : 35 And in each pillar there is a ring, And in each ring there is a chain ; That iron is a cankering... | |
 | 1845 - 448 pages
...columns, massy and grey, Dim with a dull impassioned ray ; A sunbeam which hath lost its way, And throngh the crevice and the cleft Of the thick wall is fallen...left, Creeping o'er the floor so damp, Like a marsh's meteor-lamp ; And in each pillar there is a ring, And in each ring there is a chain." This is an excellent... | |
 | Louise Swanton-Belloc - 1824 - 400 pages
...seven pillars of gothic mold , Jn Chillon's dungeons deep aud old; There are seven columns, massy aud gray, Dim with a dull imprisoned ray, A sunbeam which hath lost its way, And throngh the erevice and the cleft Of the thick wall is fallen and left ; nuit au milieu des marais... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1824 - 44 pages
...pillars of gothic mold, In Chillon's dungeons deep and old, There are seven columns, massy and grey, Dim with a dull imprisoned ray, A sunbeam which hath lost its way, 30 And through the crevice and the cleft; Of the thick wall is fallen and left; Creeping o'er the floor... | |
 | Luke Booker - 1825 - 190 pages
...expressed by Lord Byron, in his Prisoner of Chillon: " A sunbeam that hath lost its way, And, thru' the crevice and the cleft Of the thick wall, is fallen...left,— Creeping o'er the floor so damp, Like a marsh's meteor-lamp." On returning towards the mouth of the cavern, still broader streams from the fount of... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 1016 pages
...Chillon's dungeons deep and old, There are seven columns, massy and gray, Dim with a dull imprison'd ray, A sunbeam which hath lost its way, And through the crevice and the cleit Of the thick wall is fallen and left; Creeping o'er the floor so damp, Like a marsh's meteor... | |
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And in each pillar there is a ring, And in each ring there is a chain ; That iron is a cankering thing, For in these limbs -its teeth remain, With marks that will not wear away... 
