The Works of the Right Honourable Lord Byron: Prisoner of Chillon. Manfred. Lament of Tasso, &cJohn Murray, 1818 - 141 pages |
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... wall is fallen and left ; Creeping o'er the floor so damp , Like a marsh's meteor lamp : And in each pillar there is a ring , And in each ring there is a chain ; 30 That iron is a cankering thing , For in these THE PRISONER OF CHILLON . 5.
... wall is fallen and left ; Creeping o'er the floor so damp , Like a marsh's meteor lamp : And in each pillar there is a ring , And in each ring there is a chain ; 30 That iron is a cankering thing , For in these THE PRISONER OF CHILLON . 5.
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... walls : A thousand feet in depth below Its massy waters meet and flow ; Thus much the fathom - line was sent From Chillon's snow - white battlement , 3 Which round about the wave enthralls : A double dungeon wall and wave Have made and ...
... walls : A thousand feet in depth below Its massy waters meet and flow ; Thus much the fathom - line was sent From Chillon's snow - white battlement , 3 Which round about the wave enthralls : A double dungeon wall and wave Have made and ...
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... walls and floor Close slowly round me as before , I saw the glimmer of the sun Creeping as it before had done , But through the crevice where it came That bird was perch'd , as fond and tame , 260 And tamer than upon the tree ; A lovely ...
... walls and floor Close slowly round me as before , I saw the glimmer of the sun Creeping as it before had done , But through the crevice where it came That bird was perch'd , as fond and tame , 260 And tamer than upon the tree ; A lovely ...
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... wall , It was not therefrom to escape , For I had buried one and all , Who loved me in a human shape ; And the whole earth would henceforth be A wider prison unto me : No child - no sire - no kin had I , No partner in my misery ; I ...
... wall , It was not therefrom to escape , For I had buried one and all , Who loved me in a human shape ; And the whole earth would henceforth be A wider prison unto me : No child - no sire - no kin had I , No partner in my misery ; I ...
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... wall'd distant town , And whiter sails go skimming down ; And then there was a little isle , * Which in my very face did smile , The only one in view ; 4 A small green isle , it seem'd no more , Scarce broader than my dungeon floor ...
... wall'd distant town , And whiter sails go skimming down ; And then there was a little isle , * Which in my very face did smile , The only one in view ; 4 A small green isle , it seem'd no more , Scarce broader than my dungeon floor ...
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ABBOT Alps answer Arimanes ASTARTE beautiful BEN JONSON bird blood Bonnivard breath brow Cantos castle chain CHAMOIS HUNTER change came o'er clay clouds cold curse darkness death desolation despair destiny doth dread dream dungeon dwell earth Edition English Poetry Exit MANFRED eyes fatal fear feel Ferrara fetters Gadara Geneve grave grief hath heart heaven her's HERMAN hour immortal LAMENT OF TASSO light live look LORD LORD BYRON MANUEL mind mix'd mortal mountain NEMESIS night Note o'er the spirit ocean PARISINA pause perish'd Poem PRISONER OF CHILLON qu'il SCENE slumber smile solitude soul speak star stood Stowmarket strange sunbow's tears thee thine things thou art thou didst thou dost thoughts thyself torrent torture twas twere Twill voice walls WALTER SCOTT wandering wave WILLIAM GIFFORD wind WITCH words wouldst thou wreck wretched ΜΑΝ Аввот