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 poetical works of lord Byron - Page 37by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1878Full view - About this book
| Tobias Smollett - Books - 1816 - 674 pages
...preceded happily and forcibly. " There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her Beauty and her Chivalry, and bright The lamps...swell, Soft eyes look'd love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage-bell ; But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell... | |
| English literature - 1817 - 552 pages
...tyrant loi* 400J 4111 [41! Therewasa sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had ga'hered then Her beauty, and her chivalry, and bright The...swell, Soft eyes look'd love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry asa marriage-bell ! but hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell !... | |
| Edmund Burke - Anglo-Dutch War, 1780-1784 - 1817 - 860 pages
...THERE was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital hud gathered then Her beauty and lier chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women...swell. Soft eyes look'd love to eyes which spake again, Ar.d all went merry as a marriage bell ; liut hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell'.... | |
| H. Biglow, Orville Luther Holley - American literature - 1817 - 502 pages
...expressed. XXI. 11 Them W3S a sound of revelry by nighl. And Belgium's capital had gathered then liar beauty and her chivalry, and bright The lamps shone...when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes loolc'd love to eyes which spake again, . And all went merry as a marriage bell ; But hush .' hark... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 292 pages
...Glory, is when the myrtle wreathes a sword Such as Harmodius(2) drew on Athens' tyrant lord. XXI. There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital...swell, Soft eyes look'd love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage-bell ; (3) Buthush! hark! adeepsoundstrikeslikearisingknell! xxn.... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1821 - 478 pages
...woos us to its brink. XXI. There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her Beauty and her Chivalry, and bright The lamps...swell, Soft eyes look'd love to eyes which spake again, And ' all went merry as a marriage-bell; But hush! hark I a deep sound strikes like a rising kuell... | |
| William Oxberry - English literature - 1824 - 384 pages
...happiness in that which is to come. " ' The Lounger's Common Place Book. THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. THERE was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital...swell, Soft eyes look'd love 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... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Alfred Howard - 1824 - 226 pages
...dream That ever left the sky on the deep soul to beam. THE NIGHT BEFORE THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital...when 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 !... | |
| Almanacs, English - 1824 - 452 pages
...1815. — 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 bush ! hark ! a... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 906 pages
...as Harmodius 2 drew on Athens' tyrant IdMi XXI. There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belginm's capital had gather'd then Her beauty and her chivalry,...with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes look'd love to eyjfc^ich spake again, And all went merry as a raprriage-bell; 3 But hush! hark! a deep sound strikes... | |
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