 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...  The Ladies' Repository - Стр. 741852Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | Alexander Tighe Gregory - 1856 - Страниц: 182
...and that in which the Prior Bonnivard was chained, for hostility to the Ducal sway, for six years, ' Until his very steps have left a trace Worn, as if the cold pavement were a sod.' The storming liberated him, and he died, long after, at Geneva. 'The little We, "WTiich in his very... | |
 | James Walter Wall - 1856 - Страниц: 336
...in the pillar to which he was chained, and we saw in the stone floor, where " His very footsteps had left a trace, Worn, as if the cold pavement were a sod." Upon this Pillar, one may read the names of Byron, Leigh Hunt, and other celebrities. This dungeon,... | |
 | Octavia Walton Le Vert - 1857 - Страниц: 356
...the lake." His sonnet to Bonnivard is exquisite : " Chillon! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar ; for 'twas trod Until his very steps...marks efface, For they appeal from tyranny to God." A queer old Englishman joined us as we were descending the dungeon steps, and he questioned every statement... | |
 | George Bradshaw - 1857 - Страниц: 272
...pillars, and is lit by several windows. ChilloD I thy prison is a holy place. And thy sad floor an alter ; for 'twas trod, Until his very steps have left a trace....Worn, as if the cold pavement were a sod, By Bonnivard I This sonnet (which ranks with Milton's on the persecuted Vaudois), though placed as an introduction... | |
 | George Bradshaw - 1857 - Страниц: 292
...floor, rests on pillars, and is lit by several windows. Chillon ! thy prison ia hoi? place, And thy end floor an altar ; for 'twas trod, Until his very steps...left a trace. Worn, as If the cold pavement were a Bod, By Bonnivard This sonnet (which ranks with Milton's on the persecuted Vaudois), though placed... | |
 | George Bradshaw - 1857 - Страниц: 278
...pillars, and is lit by several windows. Chillon 1 thy priflon la a holy place, And thy Bad floor au altar ; for 'twas trod, Until his very steps have left a trace, Worn, as if the cold pavement were a eod, By Bonnivard 1 36 TmADSHAW's SWITZERLAND AND THE TTROL. of the author's fancy, composed as above-mcnt... | |
 | George Frederick Pardon - 1857 - Страниц: 284
...And thy sad floor an altar ; for 'twas trod Until its very steps have left a trace Worn, as if thy cold pavement were a sod, By Bonnivard ! may none...marks efface, For they appeal from tyranny to God !" From Chillon to Geneva, and thence by the valley of Meyringen, Macdonald's Pass of the Splugen,... | |
 | Herbert Lockyer - 1988 - Страниц: 284
...you recall Lord Byron's On the Castle of Chilian? Chillon! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar — for 'twas trod, Until his very steps have left a trace Worn, as if thy cold pavement were a sod, By Bonnivard! May none those marks efface! For they appeal from tyranny... | |
 | Masson - 1995 - Страниц: 228
...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 a trace Worn, as if thy cold pavement were a sod, By Bonnivard! May none those marks efface! For they appeal from tyranny... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1995 - Страниц: 412
...And thy sad floor an altar - for 'twas trod, Until his very steps have left a trace Worn, as if thy cold pavement were a sod, By Bonnivard! - May none those marks efface! Byron's sonnet is characteristic of his personal outlook and poetry in that it projects liberty as... | |
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