The Prisoner of Chillon


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Lord Byron visited the Castle of Chillon on Lake Geneva in Switzerland in 1816 and was intrigued by the legend of Francis Bonnivard who was said to have been imprisoned there in medieval times. The title poem of this collection was written in response to that visit.

Originally published in 1816 this collection was extended after Byron's death. The final poem was written on his 36th birthday, just 3 months before he died. - Summary by Alan Mapstone (1 hr 40 min)

Chapitres

The Prisoner of Chillon 25:32 Lu par Alan Mapstone
Sonnet on Chillon 1:34 Lu par Alan Mapstone
Fare Thee Well 5:12 Lu par Alan Mapstone
She Walks in Beauty 1:10 Lu par Larry Wilson
The Destruction of Sennacherib 1:51 Lu par Larry Wilson
Jephthah's Daughter 1:23 Lu par Larry Wilson
On a Distant View of the Village and School of Harrow on the Hill 2:59 Lu par Alan Mapstone
Maid of Athens, ere we part 1:32 Lu par czandra
Stanzas to Augusta 4:19 Lu par Stefan Von Blon
Epistle to Augusta 10:20 Lu par Alan Mapstone
When we two parted 1:44 Lu par Bruce Kachuk
Stanzas for Music 3:34 Lu par George Banfield
The Dream 11:08 Lu par George Banfield
To Thomas Moore 0:56 Lu par Stacey Malcolm
So, we'll go no more a-roving 0:49 Lu par Sagarika
On the Bust of Helen by Canova 0:43 Lu par Bruce Kachuk
A very mournful ballad on the Siege and Conquest of Alhama 7:17 Lu par Alan Mapstone
Stanzas: "Could love for ever" 2:59 Lu par czandra
Darkness 7:00 Lu par Sheridan Alistair
Prometheus 4:06 Lu par Alan Mapstone
Stanzas written on the road between Florence and Pisa 1:47 Lu par Alan Mapstone
On this day I complete my thirty-sixth year 3:00 Lu par Alan Mapstone