 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1846 - 848 pages
...heart — The heart which love of thee alone can bind ; And when thy eons to fetters are consign'd — eorge Gordon Byron Byron Chillón! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar — for Ч »a« trod, Until his very... | |
 | James William Massie - 1846 - 572 pages
...lord, the Duke of Savoy ! Of this relic of human ferocity Byron sung in melancholy strains : — " 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, By Bonuivard ! May... | |
 | John Murray - 1846 - 552 pages
...following lines are taken : — Boute 56.— Chillón— Villeneuve — Rhone Valley. 167 " Chillón ! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar ; for 't was trod Until his very steps have left a trace Worn, as if the cold pavement were a sod, By Bonnivard... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1846 - 1068 pages
...Their country conquers wilh their martyrdom. And Freedom's fame finds wings on every wind. Chillón ! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar— ftir 'I was trod, dans le chitcau de Chillón, où il resta sans être interrogé ju». qu'en 1836;... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1847 - 880 pages
...Their country conquers with their martyrdom, And Freedom's fame finds win?s on every wind. Chillon 1 r earth's destruction thou dost all despise, Until his very steps have left a trace Worn, as if thy cold pavement were a sod, 1 When this poem was... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1848 - 320 pages
...heart — The heart which love of thee alone can bind ; And when thy sons to fetters are consign'd — To fetters, and the damp vault's dayless gloom. Their...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, By Bounivard !c" —... | |
 | Baptist Wriothesley Noel - 1848 - 394 pages
...the heart, The heart, which love of thee alone can hind : And when thy sons to fetters are consigned, To fetters, and the damp vault's dayless gloom, Their...martyrdom, And Freedom's fame finds wings on every wind." Such, I hope, will be the result of the persecution of the Free Church by the Government and by the... | |
 | J. T. Headley - 1848 - 410 pages
...When he afterwards heard of it, he wrote a sonnet on the noble prior of Victor, in which he says : " Chillon ! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar ; for 'twas trod Until its very steps have left a trace Worn, as if thy cold pavement were a sod, By Bonnivard ! May... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1848 - 428 pages
...heart — The heart which love of thee alone can bind ; And when thy sons to fetters are consigned — To fetters and the damp vault's dayless gloom, | Their country conquers with their martrydom, And Freedom's fame finds wings on every wind. Chillon ! thy prison is a holy place, And... | |
 | 1849 - 610 pages
...alone can hind, And when thy sona to fetters are consigned To fetters, and the damp vault's dayles» gloom, Their country conquers with their martyrdom. And freedom's fame finds wings on every wind. Chillón ' thy prison is a holy pfacc, And thy sad floor an altar — for 'twas trod. Until his very... | |
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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, By Bonnivard! — May none those marks efface! For they appeal from tyranny to God. 
