| George Washington Burnap - 1841 - 296 ページ
...the battle of Waterloo. "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...when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes look'd love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage-bell; But hush! hark! a deep... | |
| Moses Severance - 1841 - 316 ページ
...thee repays SECTION IX. Night before the Battle of Waterloo. 1. THERE was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her beauty...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... | |
| 1841 - 470 ページ
...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;...with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to гугч which spake again, Anda)] went merry as a marriage-bell. And how many thousands, as the calls... | |
| Andrew Comstock - 1841 - 410 ページ
...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... | |
| Eliza Robbins - 1842 - 352 ページ
...this circumstance in Childe Harolde. THE BALL OF BRUSSELS. . There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her beauty...marriage-bell ; But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes us like a rising knell ; Did ye not hear it ? — No ; 'twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er... | |
| James Buist - 1842 - 262 ページ
...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...spake again, And all went merry as a marriage-bell." The Ball was opened by the Queen and the Marquess of Breadalbane, and by Prince Albert and the Duchess... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1842 - 866 ページ
...Athens' tyrant lord. XXL There was a sound of revelry- by night, 4 And Belgium's capital had gather'd then Her Beauty and her Chivalry, and bright The lamps...when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes look'd love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage-bell ; 5 [knell ! But hush... | |
| John Epy Lovell - 1843 - 524 ページ
...of warm, ecstatic cheers, 33. BATTLE OF WATERLOO. — Byron. There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her beauty...hark ! — a deep sound strikes like a rising knell ! Did ye not hear it ? — No ; 'twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street : On... | |
| Samuel Niles Sweet - 1843 - 324 ページ
...energetic manner. NIGHT BEFORE, AND BATTLE OF WATERLOO. 1 . There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her beauty...! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell. 2. Did ye not hear it ? — No ; 'twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street. On... | |
| Baynard Rush Hall - 1843 - 352 ページ
...all is glorious, satisfying, unending reality ? CHAPTER LV. " There was a Bound of revelry by night. And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her beauty...to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell — But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell?" WE shall conclude this... | |
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