 | John Murray (Firm) - 1838 - 367 sidor
...Bonnivard, from which the following lines are taken : " Chillon ! tby prison is a holy place, And tby sad floor an altar; for 'twas trod Until his very steps have left a trace \Vorn, as if tby cold paveraent were a sod. By Bomuvartl 1 May none those marks efface 1 For they appeal... | |
 | John Murray - 1838
...following lines are taken : " Chillón 1 thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad lloor an altar; fur 'twas trod Until his very steps have left a trace Worn, as it' thy cold pavement wei-e a soil, By Bonnivard 1 May none those marks efface ! For they appeal from... | |
 | Isaac Appleton Jewett - 1838
...Switzerland. I shut one volume ; the pages of another open before me. XXVII. CHILLON. ' i.'hillnn ! 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... | |
 | Juvenile gleaner - 1840
...life. Bless your good Excellency ! CASTLE OF CHILLON, ON THE LAKE OF GENEVA. CHI r. LOS! thy prison i« a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar ; for 'twas trod, Until bis very steps bave left a trace, Worn as if the cold pavement were a sod, By Botmivard I May none... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1841 - 935 sidor
...Their country conquers with their martyrdom, And Freedom's fame finds wings on every wind. Chillón! arrives, who` 4 Ч was trod, (1) When this poem we* composed, 1 was not sufficiently aware of the history of Bonnivard,... | |
 | William Hone - 1841 - 1645 sidor
...trod, Until his very steps have left a trace Vom, as if thy cold pavement was a sod, By Bonnivard t — May none those marks efface. For they appeal from tyranny to God. B v BON. On «he 4th of April, 1823, during the Tavmton assizes, intense curiosity was excited by the... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1842
...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...a trace Worn, as if thy cold pavement were a sod, ! When this poem wae composed, I was not sufficiently aware of the history of Bonnivard, or I should... | |
 | John Murray (publishers.) - 1842
...the sonnet on Bonnivard, from which the following lines are taken : — " Chillón ! thy prison is я holy place, And thy sad floor an altar; for 'twas...Until his very steps have left a trace Worn, as if the cold pavement were a «od, By Bonnivard ! May none those marks efface ! For they appeal from tyranny... | |
 | Bailly de la Londe - 1842
...Byron, qui dans un de ses poèmes salue cette prison comme un lieu sacré (a holy place} : Chilien ! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar. For't was trod, Until his very steps hâve left-a trace Worn, as if thy cold pavement were a sod, By... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1843
...wings on every wind. Chillon ! 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,...marks efface ! For they appeal from tyranny to God. (1) Francois de Bonnivard, Iils de Louis de Bonnivard, originaire de Seyssei et Seigneur de Lunes,... | |
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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... 
