And through the crevice and the cleft Of the thick wall is fallen and 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; That iron is a cankering thing, For in these... The works of lord Byron - Page 271by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1823Full view - About this book
| Robert Porter St. John - 1911 - 268 pages
...limbs its teeth remain, With marks that will not wear away, 40 Till I have done with this new day,0 Which now is painful to these eyes, Which have not...cannot count them o'er, I lost their long and heavy score0 45 When my last brother drooped and died, And I lay living by his side. in They chained us each... | |
| Fred Newton Scott, Joseph Villiers Denney - 1911 - 488 pages
...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, Till I have done...painful to these eyes, Which have not seen the sun to rise For years — I cannot count them o'er, I lost their long and heavy score When my last brother... | |
| Fred Newton Scott, Joseph Villiers Denney - 1911 - 488 pages
...Till I have done with this new day, Which now is painful to these eyes, Which have not seen the sun to rise For years — I cannot count them o'er, I lost their long and heavy score When my last brother drooped and died, And I lay living by his side. — BYRON : Prisoner of Chillon. 2. Bill Jenks was... | |
| Harold Spender - 1912 - 316 pages
...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, Till I have done...these eyes, Which have not seen the sun so rise For years—I cannot count them o'er! I lost their long and heavy score When my last brother droop'd and... | |
| 1912 - 524 pages
...Till I have done with this new day, Which now is painful to these eyes, Which have not seen the sun to rise For years — I cannot count them o'er, I lost their long and heavy score When my last brother drooped and died, And I lay living by his side. They chained us each to a column stone, And we were... | |
| Lucius Hudson Holt - 1915 - 956 pages
...is a cankering thing, For in these limbs its teetli remain, With marks that will not wear away, 4o — So Ill They chain'd us each to a column stone, And we were three — yet, each alone ; We could not move... | |
| Lucius Hudson Holt - 1915 - 952 pages
...iron is a cankering thing, For in these limbs its teeth remain, With marks that will not wear away, 40 he skirts of that gray cloud Many-domed Padua proud Stands, — 1 cannot count them o'er, I lost their long and heavy score When my last brother droop'd and died,... | |
| John Matthews Manly - 1916 - 828 pages
...iron is a cankering thing, For in these limbs its teeth remain, With marks that will not wear away, 40 ails were never to the tempest given; The massy earth...borne darkly, fearfully, afar: Whilst burning through They chain'd us each to a column stone, And we were three — yet each alone; We could not move a single... | |
| 1916 - 792 pages
...a huge rock at the eastern end of Lake Geneva (Lake Leraan). With marks that will not wear away, 40 They chain'd us each to a column stone, And we were three — yet each alone ; We could not move a... | |
| Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Robert Grant Martin - 1916 - 530 pages
...iron is a cankering thing, For in these limbs its teeth remain, With marks that will not wear away, 40 Till I have done with this new day, Which now is painful...count them o'er; I lost their long and heavy score 45 When my last brother drooped and died, And I lay living by his side. They chained us each to a column... | |
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