 PRISONER OF CHILLON. MY hair is gray, but not with years, Nor grew it white In a single night, As men's have grown from sudden fears: My limbs are bow'd, though not with toil, But rusted with a vile repose, For they have been a dungeon's spoil, And mine...  The works of lord Byron - Page 51by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1820Full view - About this book
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1854 - 1104 pages
...sudden fears : My limbs are bowM, though not with toil, Bnt rusted with a rile repose, For they hare been a dungeon's spoil, And mine has been the fate...those To whom the goodly earth and air Are bann'd, and barr'd — forbidden fare ; Bnt this was for my father's faith I «ufler'd chains and courted death... | |
 | American literature - 1854 - 794 pages
...however things might go amiss, and the world frown upon me, it would be a taste for reading. fbt " Mine has been the fate of those To whom the goodly earth and air Are banned and barred." — Prisoner of Chilian. In one of the apartments of Windsor Castle remote from... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1854 - 1126 pages
...from tyranny to God. I. Ыт hair is gray, but not with yean, Nor grew it white In a single night,1 rising knell! XXII. Did ye not hear it ? — No ; 'twas but the wind, Or the car Eat raited with a vile repose, For they have been a dungeon's spoil, And mine has been the fate of... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - Venice (Italy) - 1854 - 296 pages
...though not with toU, But rusted with a vile repose, For they have been a dungeon's spoil, And mine hath been the fate of those To whom the goodly earth and air Are banned, and barred — forbidden fare." PBISONEB OF Cnnj,o\. lingered in and near the cathedral but... | |
 | American poetry - 1855 - 458 pages
...; Nor grew it white In a single night, As men's have grown from sudden fears : My limbs are bowed, though not with toil, But rusted with a vile repose...fate of those To whom the goodly earth and air Are banned and barred, forbidden fare : But this was for my father's faith I suffered chains and courted... | |
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - American poetry - 1855 - 452 pages
...; Nor grew it white In a single night. As men's have grown from sudden fears : My limbs are bowed, though not with toil, But rusted with a vile repose...fate of those To whom the goodly earth and air Are banned and barred, forbidden fare : But this was for my father's faith I suffered chains and courted... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1855 - 410 pages
...THE PRISONER OF CHILLON. MY hair is grey, but not with years, Nor grew it white In a single night,i As men's have grown from sudden fears : My limbs are...bow'd, though not with toil, But rusted with a vile repose,1 For they have been a dungeon's spoil, And mine has been the fate of those To whom the goodly... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1856 - 833 pages
...'RISONER OF CHILLON My hair is gray, but not with years, Nor grew it white In a single night, 2 <Vs men's have grown from sudden fears: My limbs are bow'd,...spoil, And mine has been the fate of those To whom the godly earth and air Are bann'd, and barr'd—forbidden fare; But this was for my father's faith I suffer'd... | |
 | Helen Truesdell - 1856 - 226 pages
...maid ! To cheer the lone whose hopes have fled. THE CAPTIVE WARRIOR'S LAMENT. " My limbs are bowed, though not with toil, But rusted with a vile repose...fate of those To whom the goodly earth and air Are banned and barred — forbidden fare." BYROS — Prisoner of CTiBon. AGAIN the morning sun returns,... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - American poetry - 1857 - 426 pages
...THE PRISONER OF CHILLON. MY hair is grey, but not with years ; Nor grew it white In a single night, As men's have grown from sudden fears ; My limbs are...those To whom the goodly earth and air Are bann'd, and barr'd — forbidden fare ; But this was for my father's faith I suffer'd chains and courted death... | |
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