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"Sonnet on Chillon" sonnet written by George Gordon, Lord Byron (1788-1824)
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"Sonnet on Chillon" was a sonnet written by George Gordon, Lord Byron (1788-1824). This special reading by ©2023 Joe A Pasquale.
Photography Credit: World History Archive / Alamy Stock Photo
The most flamboyant and notorious of the major English Romantic poets, George Gordon, Lord Byron, was likewise the most fashionable poet of the early 1800s. He created an immensely popular Romantic hero—defiant, melancholy, haunted by secret guilt—for which, to many, he seemed the model.
"Sonnet on Chillon" by George Gordon, Lord Byron
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 dayless gloom,
Their country conquers with their martyrdom,
And Freedom's fame finds wings on every wind.
Chillon! 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 sod,
By Bonnivard! - May none those marks efface!
For they appeal from tyranny to God.
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Joseph A Pasquale is an American author who writes in a variety of literary genres, including poetry, memoir, and literary fiction.
Pasquale is the author of literary novel, Dear Sparrow; also The LOVE JUNKY series spanning over 3000 pages (unpublished). Over 8 novels in the series including LOVE JUNKY LA. His "Upon Them A Childhood Cast," novel was completed in 2024, 800 pages.
Pasquale's poetry collection, "Kindred Spirits: Horse Racing Name Poems" was added to the national archive in the National Horse Racing Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs, New York. He is also the creator of Horse Racing Name Art Poems and authors their entire creation including conceptualizations.
He is the author of well over a dozen unpublished novels and many poetry and short story collections.
Pasquale was born and raised in Worcester, Massachusetts and studied the art of writing literary fiction under bestselling-author, Ken Eulo. Ken Eulo's BLOODSTONE was his first purchase in 1982.
Pasquale is an active member of the Worcester County Poetry Association. Pasquale is related to Andrea Tempesta (his aunt) who penned the Worcester novel, "Afloat a Stranger's Shore."
He has the only surviving print and digital copy of the novel. Pasquale also has the surviving copy of the unpublished autobiographical fictional Worcester novel, "BLACKHAWKS (The Children Sad)" by Pasquale's father's best friend, Larry J Sandners.
Pasquale is also known as The Horse Racing Poet and has another website: www.horseracingpoet.com/blog www.josephapasquale.com