 There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gather'd then Her Beauty and her Chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men; A thousand hearts beat happily; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft...  Selections from the British Poets - Page 1961840Full view - About this book
 | George Washington Burnap - 1841 - 296 pages
...description of the night before the battle of Waterloo. "There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gather'd then Her beauty and...spake again, And all went merry as a marriage-bell; But hush! hark! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell! "Did ye not hear it?—No; 't was but the... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1841 - 474 pages
...sword Such as Harmodius drew on Athens' tyrant lord. XXI. There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gather'd then Her Beauty and...spake again, And all went merry as a marriage.bell ; But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell ! XXII. Did ye not hear it ? — No ;... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - 1841 - 410 pages
...a sound of rev.elry by night' ; | And Belgium's capital , | had gather'd then , Her beauty, and Aer chiv,alry; | and bright , The lamps shone , o'er fair...when Music arose, with its voluptuous swell, | Soft eyesb look'd love, , to eyes which spaAe again' ; | And all went merry as a mar'riage-bell — | But... | |
 | 1841 - 470 pages
...How men shrunk as it ed 'he day, which witnessed that event festive the night in which it closed! — Bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men;...when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to гугч which spake again, Anda)] went merry as a marriage-bell. And how many thousands,... | |
 | Moses Severance - 1841 - 316 pages
...the Battle of Waterloo. 1. THERE was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her beauty and her chivalry, and bright The lamps...men; A thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music aiose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eves looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1841 - 998 pages
...as Harmodius(4) drew on Athens' tyrant lord. ': XXI. There was a sound of revelry by night, (ii) And he day shall have a stormy end ; A stain on every bush that bore A fragment of his palampore, me« ; A thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes look'd... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1842 - 866 pages
...sword Such as Harmodlus3 drew on Athens' tyrant lord. XXL There was a sound of revelry- by night, 4 And Belgium's capital had gather'd then Her Beauty and...spake again, And all went merry as a marriage-bell ; 5 [knell ! But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising 1 " Pride of place "isa term of falconry,... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - 1842 - 352 pages
...Harolde. THE BALL OF BRUSSELS. . There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her beauty and her chivalry, and bright The lamps...when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage-bell ; But hush ! hark ! a... | |
 | James Buist - 1842 - 262 pages
...and a flood of light over all. The scene was, indeed, a brilliant and enchanting one. There were • fair women, and brave men ; A thousand hearts beat...when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage-bell." The Ball was opened... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1843 - 524 pages
...BATTLE OF WATERLOO. — Byron. There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her beauty and her chivalry, and bright The lamps...when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage-bell ; But hush ! hark ! —... | |
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