 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...  The Ladies' Companion - Page 111865Full view - About this book
 | Willard Phillips - 1826 - 194 pages
...nil their force throughout that passage, which no one who has read it can forget, beginning, There was a sound of revelry by night, -. ' And Belgium's...capital had gathered then Her Beauty and her Chivalry. In his description of the sorrow of those who mourn for the dead, gloomy and striking images are accumulated,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1826 - 852 pages
...by night, And Belgium's capital had gather'd then Her Beauty and her Chivalry, and bright The lamp« shone o'er fair women and brave men; A thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose with it* voluptuous swell, I Seft eye« look'd love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage-bell... | |
 | William Hone - Calendars - 1827 - 858 pages
...Saint Mary's Village will assemble then Her Maids and Ploughmen : and bright The lights will shine o'er fair women and brave men , A thousand hearts beat happily ! and when Music arises with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes look love to eyes, which speak again, And all go merry... | |
 | Robert Walsh - American literature - 1827 - 674 pages
...toilette, and went himself to the princess's palace, where every thing bespake a great festivity: — " Music arose with its voluptuous swell ; Soft eyes...to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage-bell ; But hush! hark! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell!" St. Pierre threw himself... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1827 - 888 pages
...Athens' tyrant lord. XXÏ. 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 f.iir women aud brave men; A thousand hearts heal happily ; aud when Music arose with its \oluptuous... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - Children's poetry - 1828 - 408 pages
...Harolde. THE BALL OF BRUSSELS. 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...to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage-bell ; But hush! hark! a deep sound strikes likes a rising kne.ll : Did ye not hear it? —... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 452 pages
...With this regard their currents turn awry, And Jose the name of action. 4. Battle of Waterloo. 1 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 ; (0)But hush ! hark !... | |
 | J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - Elocution - 1828 - 314 pages
...God's Angel staid Mm — and he.fell Upon his face and wept. NIGHT BEFORE AND 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; But hush ! hark ! a deep... | |
 | William Brittainham Lacey - Elocution - 1828 - 308 pages
...in Christian love : The fellowship of kindred minds Is like to that above. 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 ; But hush! hark! . .... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 418 pages
...particulars, requires the voice graduaJly to rise on each, fill it comes to the inane of transition. 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; ( 0 )But hush ! hark... | |
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