 There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered 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 - Page 18by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819Full view - About this book
 | Religion - 1818 - 904 pages
...uncertainty of human life, and the vanity of worldly pleasures. « There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her beauty and her chivalry, and bright The lampi shone o'er fair women aud brave men; Lord Byron's Childe Harold. 251 A thousand hearts beat happily;... | |
 | John Edgecombe Daniel - Europe - 1820 - 532 pages
...HOSTILITIES. t June 15th, 1815. There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gatheied then Her beauty, and her chivalry, and bright The...thousand hearts beat happily, and when Music arose with iis voluptuous swell, Soft eyes look'd love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1821 - 478 pages
...keeps us from yon heaven which woos us to its brink. XXI. There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her Beauty and...thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes look'd love to eyes which spake again, And ' all went merry as... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1824 - 452 pages
...and then put to death. *18. 1815. — BATTLE OF WATERLOO. There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her beauty and...thousand hearts beat happily; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Alfred Howard - 1824 - 226 pages
...BEFORE 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...thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a... | |
 | William Oxberry - English literature - 1824 - 384 pages
...Book. 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...thousand hearts beat happily; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes look'd love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1824 - 234 pages
...WATERLOO. There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gather'd then Her Beauty an3 her Chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair...thousand hearts beat happily; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eves looked love to eyes which spake again, And JL went merry as a... | |
 | William Hone - 1825 - 842 pages
...this day. * Audley, t Bredy'i Cl«Ti§. BATTLE OF WATERLOO There was a sound of revelry by night, And us epicure — and for such with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 906 pages
...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, and bright The lamps...thousand hearts beat happily; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes look'd love to eyjfc^ich spake again, And all went merry as a... | |
 | George Clinton - Poets, English - 1825 - 826 pages
...utmost power : There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belginm's Capital had gathered then Hi r beauty and her chivalry, and bright The lamps shone...thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose with its voluptnous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a... | |
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