 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
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1841 - 998 pages
...SONNET ON CHILLÓN. ETERHAL Spirit of the chainless Mind! (2) Brightest in dungeons, Liberty! Ihou er gush ; A@ 4 Chillón! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar — for Ч was trod, (1) When this... | |
 | William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1841 - 840 pages
...the date cannot be exactly ascertained. SONNET ON CHIFLÓN. Eternal spirit of the chainless mind I Brightest in dungeons, Liberty ! thou art, For there...are consign'd — To fetters, and the damp vault's dayles? gloom, Their country conquers with their martyrdom, And Freedom's fame finds wings on every... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1842 - 866 pages
...thou art. Thy palace is within the Freeman's heart, Whose soul the love of thro alone can bind ; Anil when thy sons to fetters are consign'd — To fetters, and the damp vault's day le** glocm, Thv joy is with them etill, and unconfined. Their country conquers with their martyrdom."]... | |
 | American literature - 1844 - 504 pages
...when thy sons to fetters are cnnsigne.l — To fetters, and the damp vault's dnyless gloom, Tht'ir country conquers with their martyrdom, And Freedom's fame finds wings on every wind. Chillon : thy pi i mi i> a holy place. And thy sad floor an altar— for 'twas trod, Until his very stepa have left... | |
 | Jacob K. Neff - Military art and science - 1845 - 642 pages
...enemy appear. High is the grove of their masts, as they nod, by turns, on the rolling wave." " Eternal spirit of the chainless mind ! Brightest in dungeons,...country conquers with their martyrdom, And Freedom's iame finds wing on every wind." BEFORE we proceed, it may be proper to remind the reader that the unsuccessful... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 pages
...the one To end in madness — both in misery. THE PRISONER OF CHILLON. SONNET ON CRtLLON. ETSREAI. 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 consifrn'd— To fetters, and the damp vault's daylesa gloom,... | |
 | 1845 - 338 pages
...and cast the pieces from him into the deep waters. CHAPTER VI. Eternal spirit of the chainless mind I Brightest in dungeons " Liberty" thou art, For there, thy habitation is the heart—- And when thy sons to fetters are consigned, To fetters, and the damp vault's dayless gloom, Their country... | |
 | 1846 - 436 pages
...listen then, as I am listening now. THE PRISONER OF CHILLON. — Byron. SONNET ON CHILLON. ETERNAL spirit of the chainless mind ! Brightest in dungeons,...alone can bind ; And when thy sons to fetters are consigned, — To fetters, and the damp vault's dayless gloom, Their country conquers with their martyrdom,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1846 - 848 pages
...Frigzi— Hiitorr of Ferrara. Œftr jjrfsotttv of eiiiUon. SONNET ON CHILLÓN. ETERXAI. spirit of Ihc chainless mind! Brightest in dungeons, Liberty ! thou...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... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1846 - 1068 pages
...ON CHILLÓN. ETERÍÍAL Spirit of the chainlrss Mind ! (s) Brightest in dungeons, Liberty! thouart, For there thy habitation is the heart — The heart which love of ihee alone can bind ; (4) When Un» poem was composed, 1 was not sufficiently «ware of the history... | |
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