...holy place , To fetters , and the damp vault's dayless gloom, 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 Bounivord '. —May none those marks efface? For they appeal from tyranny to God. THE PRISONER OF CHILLON....

...about, the wave enthrals; A double dungeon, wall and wave Have made—and like a living grave. • 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,...

...round about, the wave enthrals; A double dungeon, wall and wave Have made — and like a living grave. Chillon ! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an ahar — for 'twas trod Until his very steps have left a trace Worn as if thy cold pavement were a...

...'ibre " ri'tamft : '" r';P"bHque s'empressa lui témoigner sa reconnaissance, et de le dédommager des Until his very steps have left a trace Worn, as if thy cold pavement were : sod, By Bonnivard! — May none those marluefbet; For they appeal from tyranny to God. THE PRISONER...

...walls of the famous Castle of Chillon, where Bounivard, Byron's ' Prisoner,' lingered in chains : ' 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...

...walls of the famous Castle of Chillon, where Bonnivard, Byron's ' Prisoner,' lingered in chains : ' 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...

...child, I should wish to be in the place of that unfortunate ladv." A VISIT TO THE CHATEAU OF CHILLON. " Chillon ! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar." LEAVING Geneva in the steamer at eight o'clock in the morning, I arrived at Vevay at four o'clock on...

...Their country conquers with their martyrdom, And Freedom's fame finds wings on every wind. Chillón! thy prison is a holy place. And thy sad floor an altar — for 'twas trod, (I) AVlieti this poem wan composed, I waa not sufficiently aware of the history of ßonnivard,...

...lingered in chains : 'Chillon ! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad flor an altar— lor 'twas trod, Until his very steps have left a trace, Worn...marks efface, For they appeal from tyranny to God!' The castle is at the foot of the hill, on the very margin of the Lake, "and seems almost to rise out...

...thoughts of Switzerland. I shut one volume ; the pages of another open before me. 332 XXVII. CHILLON. ' Chillon ! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar.' LEAVING Geneva in the steamer, at eight o'clock in the morning, I arrived at Vevay at four o'clock...