Chambers's miscellany of useful and entertaining tracts . ; for twas trod— Until his very steps have left a traceWorn, as if thy cold pavement were a sod— By Bonnivard ! May none these marks efface !For they aj^peal from tyranny to God! The pillar thus connected with Bonnivards imprisonment hasbeen an object of curiosity to hundreds of visitors, both before andsince the place was consecrated by the genius of the poet. It is?carved all over with names, chiefly French and English; andamong* these Dryden, Richardson, Peel, Victor Hug-o, andByron, may be observed. Bonnivard, as has been mentioned
Chambers's miscellany of useful and entertaining tracts . ; for twas trod— Until his very steps have left a traceWorn, as if thy cold pavement were a sod— By Bonnivard ! May none these marks efface !For they aj^peal from tyranny to God! The pillar thus connected with Bonnivards imprisonment hasbeen an object of curiosity to hundreds of visitors, both before andsince the place was consecrated by the genius of the poet. It is?carved all over with names, chiefly French and English; andamong* these Dryden, Richardson, Peel, Victor Hug-o, andByron, may be observed. Bonnivard, as has been mentioned inour previous historical sketch, was imprisoned here on accountof the sentiments of civil and religious liberty which he enter-tained. In the dungeon we have just noticed he was immuredfor several years, without hope of release; and it must havebeen to him a joyful sound to hear the attacks of the Berneseforces by land, and of the Genevese galleys by water, which atlength reduced this stronghold of tyranny, and gave liberty toits foilorn --^-
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