I begg'd them, as a boon, to lay His corse in dust whereon the day Might shine — it was a foolish thought, But then within my brain it wrought, That even in death his freeborn breast In such a dungeon could not rest. I might have spared my idle prayer... The Prisoner of Chillon, and Other Poems - Σελίδα 10των George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1816 - 60 σελίδεςΠλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
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