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... The Gentleman's Magazine - Page 401817Full view - About this book
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...27 Churchill's Grave 32 The Dream 35 The Incantation 46 Prometheus 50 Notes . 55 SONNET ON CHILLON. ETERNAL spirit of the chainless mind ! Brightest in...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... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1816 - 88 pages
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| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1818 - 216 pages
...61 MANFRED C7 Notes 167 LAMENT OF TASSO . . ... 169 THE PRISONER OF CHILLON, &c. SONNET ON CHILLON. ETERNAL spirit of the chainless mind ! Brightest in...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... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1818 - 210 pages
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| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1820 - 260 pages
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| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 294 pages
...him." * • Frizzi—Hiitory of Ferrara, > THE PRISONER OF CHILLON. A FABLE. -. SONNET ON CHILLON. ETERNAL spirit of the chainless mind! Brightest in...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... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1821 - 478 pages
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