...heart — The heart which love of thee alone can bind ; And when thy sons to fetters are consign 'd — To fetters, and the damp vault's dayless gloom, Their...sod, By Bonnivard ! — May none those marks efface! For they appeal from tyranny to God." LITERARY CRITICISM. Tlie Claracttrt! of Theapliraslvs ; iHustrated...

...Liberty! thou art, For there thy hahitation is the heart — The heart which loTe of thee alone can hind ; And when thy sons to fetters are consign'd — , To...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...

...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...And thy sad floor an altar — for 'twas trod, Until liis very steps have left a trace Worn, as if thy cold pavement were a sod, By Bonnivard ! — May...

...alone can bind ; And when thy sons to fetters are consign'd— ., To fetters, and the damp vanlt's dayless gloom, Their country conquers with their martyrdom,...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...

...SONNET ON CHILLON. ETERNAL Spirit of the chainless Mind ! (') Brightest in dungeons, Liberty ! thou art, For there thy habitation is the heart — The heart...sod, By Bonnivard ! — May none those marks efface! For they appeal from tyranny to God. (1) [In the first draught, the sonnet opens thus — " Beloved...

...SONNET ON CHILLON. ETERNAL Spirit of the chainless Mind! (') Brightest in dungeons, Liberty ! thou art, For there thy habitation is the heart — The heart...sod, By Bonnivard! — May none those marks efface! For they appeal from tyranny to God. (1) [In the first draught, the sonnet opens thus — " Beloved...

...sung his sufferings and his wrongs. Who can but feel the charm of the latter part of his sonnet — ' Chillon ! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad...trace. Worn, as if thy cold pavement were a sod. By Bonnivardt ! — May none those marks efface ! For they appeal from tyranny to God.' "From Chillon...

...walls of the famous Castle of Chillon, where Bonnivard, Byron's ' Prisoner,' lingered in chains : ' Chillon ! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad...sod, By Bonnivard ! — May none those marks efface, For they appeal from tyranny to God !' The castle is at the foot of the hill, on the very margin of...

...walls of the famous Castle of Chillon, where Bounivard, Byron's ' Prisoner,' lingered in chains : ' Chillon ! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad...were a sod, By Bonnivard ! — May none those marks eflace, For they appeal from tyranny to God !' ture's fairest works. We passed Clareas, too, the '...

...Their country conquers with their martyrdom, And Freedom's fame finds wings on every wind. Chillón ! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar...a trace Worn, as if thy cold pavement were a sod, ! When this poem wae composed, I was not sufficiently aware of the history of Bonnivard, or I should...