 | G. F. Burckhardt - 1853 - 366 pages
...remains; — Thy realm for ever lasts, thy own Messiah reigns! Pope. The Battle of Waterloo. There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital...to eyes which 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:... | |
 | J H. Aitken - Elocution - 1853 - 378 pages
...this all the world has gain'd by thee, Thou first and last of fields ! king-making Victory ? There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital...to eyes which 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... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1854 - 1126 pages
...endears Glory, is when the myrtle wreathes a sword Such as Harmodius* drew on Athens' tyrant lord. t* And scarce the summer luxury of fruit», His short...His mind seems nourish'd by that abstinence. " Steer ; э But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell! XXII. Did ye not hear it ? — No... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1854 - 378 pages
...endears Glory, is when the myrtle wreathes a sword Such as Harmodius 1 drew on Athens' tyrant lord. XXI. There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's...spake again, And all went merry as a marriage-bell f But hush! hark! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell! 1 See the famous song on Harmodius and... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1854 - 320 pages
...Ambition's life and labours all were vain ; He wears the shatter'd links of the world's broken chain. There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital...to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell ; But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell ! WATERLOO. 11 Did ye not... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1854 - 1126 pages
...Athens' tyrant lord. XXI. There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathcr'd ; 3 But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell ! XXII. Did ye not hear it ? — No... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1856 - 833 pages
...endears Glory, is when the myrtle wreathes the sword Such as Harmodius 2 drew on Athens' tyrant lord. XXI. There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's...to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a fharriage-bell; 3 But hush! hark! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell XXII. Did ye not hear it... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1856 - 376 pages
...endears Glory, is when the myrtle wreathes a sword Such as Harmodius1 drew on Athens' tyrant lord. XXI. There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's...to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage-bell;3 Buthush! hark! a deep sound strikes like a risingknell! 1 See the famous song on Harmodius... | |
 | Honor - 1856 - 94 pages
...is heard no more, And the storm has ceased to blow. THE NIGHT BEFORE WATERLOO. BY LORD BYRON. THERE was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital...to eyes which 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 ? —... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 pages
...last of fields ! king-making Victory ? There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital4 had gather'd then Her beauty and her chivalry ; and...went merry as a marriage-bell ; — But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell Did ye not hear it ? — No ; 'twas but the wind, Or the... | |
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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... 
