Note 1 — THE PRISONER OF CHILLON
Reading edition
{7} [In the first draft, the sonnet opens thus—
"Belovéd Goddess of the chainless mind! Brightest in dungeons, Liberty! thou art, Thy palace is within the Freeman's heart, Whose soul the love of thee alone can bind; And when thy sons to fetters are consign'd— To fetters, and the damp vault's dayless gloom, Thy joy is with them still, and unconfined, Their country conquers with their martyrdom."
Ed. 1832.]