 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
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1832 - 310 pages
...BALL AT BRUSSELS BEFORE THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO.* Byron. 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... | |
 | Francis Roscommon (pseud.) - 1832 - 300 pages
...speaking of Brussels before the 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 look'd love to eyes which spake again. And all went merry as a... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...mightst have been to me ! [From Chitde Harold.] 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... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1832 - 488 pages
...Athens' tyrant lord. XXI. 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 - 1832 - 488 pages
...Athens' tyrant lord. XXI. 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... | |
 | William Wallace - Great Britain - 1832 - 410 pages
...touched by Lord Byron: — " 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... | |
 | 1832 - 496 pages
...and accompanied their friend to the place of amusement. The company was splendid and numerous — " And bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave...thousand hearts beat happily, and when Music arose, with its voluptuous swell, Siii'i eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1833 - 312 pages
...sepulchre. Campbell. EXERCISE 22. Battle of Waterloo. 1 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... | |
 | Moses Severance - American literature - 1833 - 304 pages
...FitzfferaiA ., SECTIOM IX. Night before the Battle if \Ynltrlw. 1. THERE was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her beauty and...brave men ; A thousand hearts beat happily; and when i Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went... | |
 | James Hedderwick - Oratory - 1833 - 232 pages
...fields ! king-making Victory ? 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... | |
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