 ETERNAL spirit of the chainless mind ! Brightest in dungeons, Liberty, thou art ! For there thy habitation is the heart, — The heart which love of thee alone can bind ; And when thy sons to fetters are consigned, — To fetters, and the damp vault's...  The works of lord Byron - Page 307by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1829Full view - About this book
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - English poetry - 1861 - 356 pages
...thou art— For there thy habitation is the heart— The heart which love of Thee alone can bind ; And when thy sons to fetters are consign'd, To fetters,...martyrdom And Freedom's fame finds wings on every wind. And thy sad floor an altar, for 'twas trod, Chillon ! thy prison is a holy place Worn as if thy cold... | |
 | Sunbeams - 1861 - 368 pages
...thou art, For there thy habitation is the heart — The heart, which love of thee alone can bind ; And when thy sons to fetters are consign'd — To...martyrdom, And freedom's fame finds wings on every wind. Byron. — A member of Parliament is originally to be tender of his own liberty, that other men may... | |
 | English poetry - 1890 - 366 pages
...thou art— For there thy habitation is the heart— The heart which love of Thee alone can bind ; And when thy sons to fetters are consign'd, To fetters,...with their martyrdom And Freedom's fame finds wings ou every wind. Chillon ! thy prison is a holy place And thy sad floor an altar, for 'twas trod, Until... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1861 - 1154 pages
...Their country conquere with their martyrdom, 1 Freidora'» fame finds wings on every wind. __Uo» ! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar — for 'twas trod, Until hi« тегу steps have left a trace Wore, u if thy cold pavement were a sod, B» Bonnbaid ! ' —... | |
 | English poetry - 1863 - 438 pages
...thou art — For there thy habitation is the heart — The heart which love of Thee alone can bind ; And when thy sons to fetters are consign'd, To fetters,...prison is a holy place And thy sad floor an altar, for 't was trod, Until his very steps have left a trace Worn as if thy cold pavement were a sod, By Bonnivard... | |
 | William Smith (F.S.A.S.) - France - 1864 - 148 pages
...and others, including now, some enthusiastic members of our party. Byron writes of Bonnivard : — " Chillon ! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar ; for 't was trod Until his very steps have left a trace Worn, as if the cold pavement were a sod, By BONNIVARD... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1866 - 320 pages
...Liberty ! thou art, For there thy habitation is the heart— The heart which love of thee alone can bind; And when thy sons to fetters are consign'd— To fetters,...! 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... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1866 - 802 pages
...! thou art, For there thy habitation is the heart — The heart which love of thee alone can bind ; And when thy sons to fetters are consign'd — To...martyrdom, And Freedom's fame finds wings on every wind. t. : In lion ! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar — for 'twas trod, Until his... | |
 | Augustus Choate Hamlin - Nazi concentration camps - 1866 - 290 pages
...heart — The heart which love of thee alone can bind : And when thy sons to fetters are consigned — To fetters, and the damp vault's dayless gloom, Their...martyrdom, And Freedom's fame finds wings on every wind." Prisoner of ChiUan. WITHIN the deadly shadows of this enormous palisade were assembled and confined... | |
 | Leigh Hunt, Samuel Adams Lee - Sonnets, American - 1867 - 722 pages
...heart, — The heart which love of thee alone can bind ; And when thy sons to fetters are consigned, — To fetters, and the damp vault's dayless gloom, Their...is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar ; for 't was trod, Until his very steps have left a trace Worn, as if thy cold pavement were a sod, By Bonnivard... | |
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