 | William Bedell Stanford - 1873 - 122 pages
...massy and grey, Dim with a dull, imprisoned ray — A sunbeam which hath lost its way, And through the crevice and the cleft Of the thick wall is fallen...left, Creeping o'er the floor so damp, Like a marsh's meteor-lamp : And in each pillar there is a ring, And in each ring there is a chain ; That iron is... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1873 - 898 pages
...columns, massy and grey, Dira with a dull imprison'd ray, A nuibcam which hath lost Its way. And through the crevice and the cleft Of the thick wall Is fallen and lefti Creeping o'er the floor so damp, Like a manh's meteor lamp : And ta each pillar there is a ring,... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - Literature - 1875 - 246 pages
...columns, massy and grav Dim with a dull imprisoned ray, A sunbeam which hath lost its way, And through the crevice and the cleft Of the thick wall is fallen...meteor lamp : And in each pillar there is a ring, For in these limbs its teeth remain, With marks that will not wear away, Till I have done with this... | |
 | Charles Beebe Turrill - Agriculture - 1876 - 262 pages
...deep and old, ******* Dim with a dull imprisoned ray, A sunbeam which hath lost its way, And through the crevice and the cleft Of the thick wall is fallen...o'er the floor so damp} Like a marsh's meteor lamp." Perhaps the most curious chamber is the " Music Hall." On one side stands a peculiarly-shaped rock... | |
 | John Ashton (of Manchester.) - Europe - 1876 - 128 pages
...gray, Dim with a dull imprisoned ray — A sunbeam which hath lost its way, And through the crevices and the cleft Of the thick wall is fallen, and left Creeping o'er the floor so damp, Like a marsh meteor's lamp — And in each pillar there is a ring, And in each ring there is a chain." * *... | |
 | S. H - 1878 - 138 pages
...creature like Bonnivard at Chillón " Only drew "The accursed breath of dungeon dew," and experienced " That iron is a cankering thing " For in these limbs its teeth remain " With marke that will not wear away." It is now known as Marten's tower (vide Henry Marten), and a spiral... | |
 | Herbert Courthope Bowen - 1879 - 318 pages
...columns, massy and prey, Dim with a dull imprison'd ray, 30 A sunbeam which hath lost its way, And through the crevice and the cleft Of the thick wall is fallen...o'er the floor so damp, Like a marsh's meteor lamp : 35 And in each -pillar there is a ring, And in each ring there is a chain ; That iron is a cankering... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1879 - 408 pages
...columns, massy and grey, Dim with a dull imprison'd ray, A sunbeam which hath lost its way, And through the crevice and the cleft Of the thick wall is fallen...o'er the floor so damp, Like a marsh's meteor lamp : Aiid in each pillar there is a ring, And in each ring there is a chain; That iron is a cankering... | |
 | William Swinton - American literature - 1880 - 694 pages
...columns, massy and gray, Dim with a dull imprisoned ray — A sunbeam which has lost its way, And through the crevice and the cleft Of the thick wall is fallen...cankering thing, For in these limbs its teeth remain, 25 35 28. In Chillon's dungcons. The Castle of Chillon, with its massive walls and towers, one and... | |
 | Horace Hills Morgan - English literature - 1880 - 476 pages
...columns, massy and gray, so Dim with a dull imprison'd ray, A sunbeam which hath lost its way, And through the crevice and the cleft Of the thick wall is fallen and left; Creeping o'er the floor so damp, K Like a marsh's meteor lamp: And in each pillar there is a ring, And in each ring there is a chain... | |
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And in each pillar there is a ring, And in each ring there is a chain; That iron is a cankering thing, For in these limbs its teeth remain. With marks that will not wear... 
