 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1822 - 614 pages
...commend him."* * Frizzi — History of Ferrara. THE PRISONER OF CHILLON. SONNET ON CHILLON. ETERNAL spirit of the chainless mind ! Brightest in dungeons,...alone can bind ; And when thy sons to fetters are consign'd — To fetters, and the damp vault's dayless gloom, Their country conquers with their martyrdom,... | |
 | John Watkins - Poets, English - 1822 - 476 pages
...Byron wrote this sonnet, prefixed to the poem of the prisoner of Chillon : BONNIVARD. 279 " Eternal Spirit of the chainless mind ! Brightest in dungeons,...alone can bind ; And when thy sons to fetters are consign'd — To fetters, and the damp vault's dayless gloom — Their country conquers with their... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1823 - 310 pages
...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 dungeons,...gloom, Their country conquers with their martyrdom, And Freedom's fame finds wings on every- wind. ChiUon! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1824 - 44 pages
...SONNET ON CH1LLON. ETERNAL spirit of the chainless mind ! Brightest in dungeons, Liberty', thouart, For there thy habitation is the heart — The heart...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... | |
 | Louise Swanton-Belloc - 1824 - 400 pages
...qui aboutissait SONNET ON CHILLON. Etcrnal spirit of the'chainlcss mind ! Brightest in dungeous ,' Liberty ! thou art , For there thy habitation is the heart — The heart which love of thee alonc can bind ; And when thy sons to fettcrs are consigncd — To fetters , aad the damp vauh's dayless... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1824 - 322 pages
...heart — The heart which love of thee alone can hind; And when thy sons to fetters are consign'd — 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... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 1016 pages
...hundreds. They haunt ruins, and follow armies. THI: PRISONER OF CHILLON A FABLE. SONNET ON CHILLON. ETERNAL spirit of the chainless mind ! Brightest in dungeons,...alone can bind ; And when thy sons to fetters are consign'd — To fetters, and the damp vault's dayless gloom, Their country conquers with their martyrdom,... | |
 | George Clinton - Poets, English - 1828 - 888 pages
...force which is admirable although it i* painful. A sonnet to Liberty is prefixed to the fable : Eternal spirit of the chainless mind ! Brightest in dungeons,...heart — The heart which love of thee alone can bind ; Anil when thy sons to fetters are consigned — To fetters, and the damp vault's dayless gloom, Their... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1828 - 780 pages
...him.» ' 1 Frizii — liittury of Ferrare. - of (Huilón. SONNET OX CHILLÓN. ETERNAL spirit of ihp chainless mind ! Brightest in dungeons, Liberty! thou...habitation is the heart — The heart which love of thec alone can bind; And when thy sons to fetters arc coiK¡[;u'd — To fetters, and the damp vault's... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1828 - 780 pages
...Шиогу (if Гсггага. Uvteonn* of SONNET ON CHILLÓN. ETEBN-U. spirit of ihr с ha míese mind! Brightest in dungeons, Liberty! thou art, For...habitation is the heart — The heart which love of lliec alone can bind; And »hen thy sons to fetters are coibign'd — To fetters, and the damp vault's... | |
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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... 
