 To fetters, and the damp vault's dayless gloom— Their country conquers with their martyrdom, And Freedom's fame finds wings on every wind.  The works of lord Byron - Page 49by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1820Full view - About this book
 | 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.) - 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,...country conquers with their martyrdom, And freedom's feme finds wings on every wind. Chillon ! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar —... | |
 | George Gordon Noël Byron - 1826 - 804 pages
...Brightest in dungeons, Liberty! thon art, For there thy habitation is the heart — The heart which lore of thee alone can bind; And when thy sons to fetters are consign'd — To fetter*, and the damp vault's dayless gloom, Their country conqnen with their martyrdom, And Freedom's... | |
 | 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... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1829 - 478 pages
...fail to commend him*." ' Frini— History of Ferrara. PRISONER OF CHILLON. SONNET ON CHILLON. ETERNAL spirit of the chainless mind ! Brightest in dungeons,...the 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,... | |
 | Thomas Roscoe - Italy - 1830 - 594 pages
...enthusiast of liberty burned to hold up " tyranny" to the everlasting abhorrence of mankind. Eternal spirit of the chainless mind ! Brightest in dungeons,...conquers with their martyrdom, And Freedom's fame findsAvings on every wind. The subject was doubtless first suggested by the singularly wild and gloomy... | |
 | 1831 - 472 pages
...How much more worthy of such a scene is Byron'* Sonnet on, than his Prisoner of, 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 Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1831 - 442 pages
...him*." * Frizzi — History of Ferrara. THE PRISONER OF CHILLON. A TABLE. SONNET ON CHILLON. ETEBNAL spirit of the chainless mind! Brightest in dungeons,...the 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,... | |
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