 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
 | George Clinton - Poets, English - 1828 - 888 pages
...Quatre Bras. The sudden alarm and hurryi"1: to Ihe field are given with ! lie utmost power : There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's Capital...and her chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fuir women and brave men ; A thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose with its voluptuous... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1828 - 780 pages
...lord. XXI. There was a sound of revelry by night, And Gdgium's capital had galher'd tlien Her bcauly and her chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er...thousand hearts beat happily; and when Music arose wilh its voluptuous swell. Soft eyes look'd love lo eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 414 pages
...this regard their currents turn awry, And lose the name of action. • 4. Battle of Waterloo. 1 There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Ex. 25.] EXERCISES ON MODULATION. Her beauty and her chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1828 - 780 pages
...and her chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o er fair women and brave men; A thousand hearts heal happily; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell. Soft eyes look'd love lo eyes which spake again. Anil all went merry as a marriage-bell ; ' But hush! hark' a deep sound... | |
 | English poetry - 1828 - 814 pages
...break, with all its light and song. John Malcolm, Esq. PREPARATION FOR THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Pier beanty and her chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men ; A thousand... | |
 | Thomas Willcocks - 1829 - 334 pages
...famous victory. THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. EYRON. THERE was a sound of revelry hy night, And Belginm's capital had gathered then Her beauty and her chivalry,...voluptuous swell Soft eyes look'd love to eyes which spake And all went merry as a marriage-belt; But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell !... | |
 | Moral and sacred poetry - 1829 - 326 pages
...fair women, and hrave men; A thousand hearts heat happily ; and when Music aruse with ita voloptoous swell Soft eyes look'd love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage-hell ; But hush ! hark ! a deep soond strikes like a rising knell ! Did ye not hear ill—... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 440 pages
...showing that she made him so happy as a married man, that he wishes to be so a second time. Johtum. A 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 marriage-bell ; But hush ! hark ! a... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - France - 1829 - 418 pages
...determined. Napoleon, on coming up from Charleroi, about » See Child Harold, Canto III. v. 21, &c. " There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then, &c." noon on the 16th, hesitated for a time whether Blucher at Ligny, or Wellington at Quatre-bras,... | |
 | William Hone - Days - 1830 - 878 pages
...Audliy. t Brady's f'lavi*. 80.* THE KVEUY-DAY BOOK.— JUNE 18. 806 BATTLE OF WATERLOO Tlicre \vtu a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital...chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women ami brave men : A thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft... | |
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