 To fetters, and the damp vault's dayless gloom, Their country conquers with their martyrdom, And Freedom's fame finds wings on every wind. Chillon! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar — for 'twas trod, Until his very steps have left...  Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Lord Byron - Page 333by George Clinton - 1828 - 756 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Robinson Tait - 1859 - 172 pages
...Their country conquers with their martyrdom, And Freedom's fame finds wings on every wind. Chiilon ! thy prison is a holy place, . . And thy sad floor...trace, • Worn, as if thy cold pavement were a sod, By Bonivard ! — May none those marks efface : For they appeal from tyranny to God." Bonivard was released... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1859 - 914 pages
...Their country conquers with their martyrdom, And Freedom's fame finds wings on every wind. Chillón ! nions. 1 When this poem wa» composed, I was not sufficiently aware of the hiitory of Bonnivard, or 1 should... | |
 | 1859 - 396 pages
...steps to the stone. " Chillón ! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar ; for Ч was trod, Until his very steps have left a trace, Worn,...marks efface ! For they appeal from tyranny to God." How happened it, in this long night, which no day broke in upon, and where the silence was disturbed... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1859 - 450 pages
...more wearing ' to his mindi^ than his steps to the stone. " Chillon ! thy prison is a holy place, Aml thy sad floor an altar ; for 'twas trod, Until his...Worn, as if thy cold pavement were a sod, By Bonnivard ! — M:iy none those marks efface ! For they appeal from tyranny to God." 3. How happened it, in this... | |
 | John Relly Beard - 1860 - 202 pages
...Their country conquers with their martyrdom, And Freedom's fame finds wings on every wind. Chillon ! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar...those marks efface For they appeal from tyranny to God ! SECRETS. I (Christ) spoke openly ; in secret have I said nothing. John xviii. 20. Pray to thy Father... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 438 pages
...Their country conquers with their martyrdom, And Freedom's fame finds wings on every wind. Chillon ! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar...marks efface ! For they appeal from tyranny to God. BYRON. of Jfrnbom. HERE are old trees, tall oaks and gnarled pines, That stream with gray-green mosses... | |
 | Herbert Lockyer - 1988 - 284 pages
...amazed at such indifference to suffering! Do you recall Lord Byron's On the Castle of Chilian? Chillon! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar...marks efface! For they appeal from tyranny to God. Ever conscious that his precious Lord was with him while in bondage, Paul made his prison a holy place,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron - 1994 - 884 pages
...country conquers with their martyrdom, And Freedom's fame finds wings on етегу wind. Chillón ! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar — for 'twas trod, Until his тегу steps have left a trace Worn, as if thy cold pavement were a sod, By BoBiri vard I Мяу... | |
 | Masson - 1995 - 228 pages
...Their country conquers with their martyrdom, And Freedom's fame finds wings on every wind. Chillon! thy prison is a holy place And thy sad floor an altar,...marks efface! For they appeal from tyranny to God. LORD BYRON To the Nile It flows through old hush'd /tgypt and its sands, Like some grave mighty thought... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1996 - 868 pages
...Their country conquers with their martyrdom, And Freedom's fame finds wings on every wind. Chillon! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar...marks efface! For they appeal from tyranny to God. When this poem was composed, I was not sufficiently aware of the history of Bonnivard, or I should... | |
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