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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... "
Elbert Hubbard's Scrap Book: Containing the Inspired and Inspiring ... - Page 188
by Elbert Hubbard - 1923 - 228 pages
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Adventures of Rudolph Bardy de Kovatsi: A Hungarian Exile in Italy, Hungary ...

Rudolph Bardy - Austria - 1855 - 254 pages
...interview with the noble Governor of my brave, but down-trodden nation. MY PRISON AND FLIGHT. ' Eternal spirit of the chainless mind ! Brightest in dungeons,...the heart — The heart, which love of thee alone combined !" On the following day I was summoned to Kossuth. He said to me, that as there were no evident...
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Gleanings from the Poets, for Home and School

American poetry - 1855 - 458 pages
...then, as I am listening now THE PRISONER OF CH1LLON. — Byron. A FABLE. SONNET ON CHILLON. ETEKNAL spirit of the chainless mind ! Brightest in dungeons,...! For there thy habitation is the heart, — : THE PRISONER OF CHILLON. The heart which love of thee alone can bind ; And when thy sons to fetters are...
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A Complete Dictionary of Poetical Quotations: Comprising the Most Excellent ...

Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - Quotations, English - 1855 - 612 pages
...yoke of slavery upon men Determin'd to be free. Southey's Joan of Are. Eternal spirit of the ehainless mind ! Brightest in dungeons, liberty ! thou art !...For there thy habitation is the heart — The heart whieh love of thee alone ean bind ; And when thy sons to fetters are eonsign'd — To fetters, and...
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Great Truths by Great Authors: A Dictionary of Aids to Reflection ...

Aphorisms and apothegms - 1856 - 570 pages
...them ease their Hearts with prate Of equal rights, which man ne'er knew. ILtfortg, — Byron. JgTERNAL 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,...
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Gleanings from the Poets for Home and School

1858 - 460 pages
...listen then, as I am listening now. THE PRISONER OF CHILLON. — Byron. SONNET ON CHILLON. ETEKNAL spirit of the chainless mind ! Brightest in dungeons,...habitation is the heart, — The heart which love of thce alone can bind ; And when thy sons to fetters are consigned, — To fetters, and the damp vault's...
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European Life, Legend, and Landscape

John Robinson Tait - Europe - 1859 - 172 pages
...beauty of Byron's sonnet, as I repeated it to myself: — " Eternal spirit of the chainless mind I Brightest in dungeons, Liberty ! thou art, For there...martyrdom, And Freedom's fame finds wings on every wind. Chiilon ! thy prison is a holy place, . . And thy sad floor an altar — for 'twas trod, Until his...
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Poems

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1859 - 614 pages
...an hiatus occurs in the Necrology, from the month of July 15/0 to 1571. SONNET ON CHILLON. ETERNAL Spirit of the chainless Mind ! Brightest in dungeons,...heart which love of thee alone can bind ; And when thy SODS to fetters are consign'd — To fetters, and the damp vault's dayless gloom, Their country conquers...
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The poetical works of lord Byron, with life

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1859 - 586 pages
...feels, And never more a leaf reveals. THE PRISONER OF CHILLON; A FABLE. SONNET ON CHILLON. ETERNAL Spirit of the chainless Mind ! Brightest in dungeons,...heart which love of thee alone can bind ; And when thy eons to fetters are consign'd — To fetters, and the damp vault's dayless gloom, Their country conquers...
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The Poetical Works of Lord Byron

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1859 - 914 pages
...sensibility. — JEFFIEY.] =o BYRON'S WORKS. of SONNET ON CHILLÓN. ETERVAL Spirit of the chainlcss m the @0 thec alone can bind ; And when thy sons to fetters arc consign'd — To fetters, and the damp vault's...
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The rational primer; or, First reader

John Relly Beard - 1860 - 202 pages
...unconquerable mind. Eternal spirit of the chainless mind ! And when thy sons to fetters are confined, To fetters, and the damp vault's dayless gloom, 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...
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