 I begg'd them, as a boon, to lay His corse in dust whereon the day Might shine — it was a foolish thought, But then within my brain it wrought, That even in death his freeborn breast In such a dungeon could not rest. I might have spared my idle prayer...  The Prisoner of Chillon, and Other Poems - Page 10by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1816 - 60 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1815 - 324 pages
...shine— it was a foolish thought, But then within my brain it wrought, That even in death his freeborn breast In such a dungeon could not rest. I might have...! VIII. But he, the favorite and the flower, Most cherish'd since his natal hour, His mother's image in fair face, The infant love of all his race, His... | |
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...foolish thought, But then within my brain it wrought. That even in death his frceborn breast In snch a dungeon could not rest. I might have spared my idle...coldly laugh'd — and laid him there The flat and turfles* earth above The being we so much did love ; Hit empty chain above it leant, 5u.li murder's... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1818 - 210 pages
...— it was a foolish thought, But then within my brain it wrought, That even in death his freeborn breast In such a dungeon could not rest. I might have...laid him there : The flat and turfless earth above l(jo The being we so much did love ; His empty chain above it leant, Such murder's fitting monument... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1818 - 216 pages
...was a foolish thought, But then within my brain it wrought, That even in death his freeborn breast 1n such a dungeon could not rest. I might have spared my idle prayer — They coldly laugh' d — and laid him there : The flat and turfless earth above 160 The being we so much did love... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1820 - 260 pages
...shine—it was a foolish thought. But then within my brain it wrought, That even in death his freeborn breast In such a dungeon could not rest. I might have spared my idle prayer— They coldly laugh'd—and laid him there: The flat and turfless earth above we so much did love; His empty chain... | |
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...was a foolish thought, But then within my brain it wrought, 105 M 2 That even in death his freeborn breast In such a dungeon could not rest. I might have spared my idle prayer— They coldly laugh'd—and laid him there: The flat and turfless earth above 160 The being we so much did love;... | |
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...— it was a foolish thought, But then within my brain it wrought, That even in death his freeborn breast In such a dungeon could not rest. I might have spared my idle prayer — They coldly langh'd — and laid him there : The flat and turfless earth above The being we so much did love ;... | |
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...it was a foolish thought, But then within my brain it wrought, 155 That even in death his freeborn breast In such a dungeon could not rest. I might have...Such murder's fitting monument ! VIII. But he, the favourite and the flower, His mother's image in fair face, The infant love of ail his race, His martyr'd... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1823 - 316 pages
...— it was a foolish thought, But then within my brain it wrought, That even in death his freeborn breast In such a dungeon could not rest. I might have...laid him there: The flat and turfless earth above The being we so much did love; His empty chain above it leant, Such murder's fitting monument ! VIII.... | |
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...spared my idle prayer — They coldly laugh'd — and laid him there : The flat and turfless earth above The being we so much did love ; His empty chain above...! VIII. But he, the favorite and the flower, Most cherish'd since his natal hour, His mother's image in fair face, The infant love of all his race, His... | |
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