 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...  The Works of Lord Byron: Complete in One Volume - Page 26by George Gordon Noël Byron - 1826 - 776 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - Elocution - 1845 - 492 pages
...BEFORE AND BATTLE OF WATERLOO. 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... | |
 | William Draper Swan - American literature - 1845 - 494 pages
...Battle of Waterloo, Brno*. THERE was a sound of revelry by night; ' And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her beauty and her chivalry ; and bright The...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 !... | |
 | Merritt Caldwell - Elocution - 1845 - 352 pages
...bear the palm alone. 3. 1. There was a sound of revelry by night; And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her beauty, and her chivalry, and bright The...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... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - Anatomy - 1845 - 330 pages
...[ation, , There was a sound of revelry — by night, ' And Belgium's capital — had gathered then j Her beauty, and her chivalry ; and bright The lamps...Music arose, with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love, to eyes, which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage-bell ; [knell ! But hush... | |
 | Merritt Caldwell - Elocution - 1845 - 348 pages
...bear the palm alone. 3. 1. There was a sound of revelry by night; And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her beauty, and her chivalry, and bright The...and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eye^ looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage-bell ; But hush! hark... | |
 | Karl Ludwig Klose - 1845 - 490 pages
...deserted chambers were that evening enlivened by a ball ; and, as on the eve of another great battle, " The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men ; A...voluptuous swell, Soft eyes look'd love to eyes which sp;ike again, And all went merry as a marriage boll." The fatigues of the preceding days, and the anxiety... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 390 pages
...BALI ASO BATTLB. There WHS a sound of revt Iry — by night, And Belgium's capital— hiul gathered then Her beauty, and her chivalry; and bright The...happily; and when Music arose, with its voluptuous tfwell, Soft eyes looked love, to eyes, which spake af«ju, And all weut merry as a marriage-bell ;... | |
 | Timothy Shay Arthur - 1845 - 908 pages
...readers will pardon our quoting it. " There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital bad gather'd then Her beauty and her chivalry, and bright...thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose with ils voluptuous »well Soft eyes looked love lo eyes, which spake again. And all went merry as a marriage... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 682 pages
...sentiment and diction. " There was a sound of revelry by night ; And Belgium's capital had gather 'd then Her beauty and her chivalry ; and bright The...to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell ; But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell ! " "Ah ! then and there... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - Edinburgh review - 1846 - 692 pages
...; And Belgium's capital had gather 'd then Her beauty and her chivalry ; and bright The lamps shoue o'er fair women and brave men. A thousand hearts beat...to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell ; But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell ! " " Ah ! then and there... | |
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