 | George Gordon Byron - Poetry - 1994 - 884 pages
...Glory, is when the myrtle wreathes a sword Bach as Harmodins drew on Athens' tyrant lord. XXI. There rtion of the pain And power of love, I caunot share,...'tis not thus — and 'tis not hen — Such thoughts ano brave men; A t*""1"""* hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 936 pages
...Glory, is when the myrtle wreathes a sword Such as Harmodius drew on Athens' tvrant lord, 180 XXI There was a sound of revelry by night. And Belgium's capital...which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell; But hush! hark! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell! XXII Did ye not hear it? — No; 'twas... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1995 - 412 pages
...women and brave men; A thousand hearts beat happily; and when f denotes Byron's own note: see pp. 65 ff Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes look'd...to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a ma triage -bell:" But hush! hark! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell! 22 Did ye not hear it?... | |
 | Susan Code - Perth (Ont.) - 1996 - 160 pages
...Perth Museum. AN IGNOBLE END 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 bellBut hush! hark! a deep... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - Poetry - 1996 - 868 pages
...Glory, is when the myrtle wreathes a sword 180 Such as Harmodius' drew on Athens' tyrant lord. There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital...bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men; 185 A thousand hearts beat happily; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes look'd... | |
 | Raphael - Body, Mind & Spirit - 1996 - 264 pages
...Prophetic Messenger for 1828. ARTHUR, i DUKE OF WELLINGTON, iJoni . May 1st, 1769, | At Midnight. " There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital...chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and br»ve men ; A thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell. Soft... | |
 | Raphael - Body, Mind & Spirit - 1996 - 264 pages
...Prophetic Messenger for 1828. ARTHUR, i DUKE OF WELLINGTON, . iJoni May 1st, 1769, | At Midnight. " There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital...chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and br»ve men; A thousand hearts beat happily; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell. Soft eyes... | |
 | L. M. Montgomery - Fiction - 1997 - 522 pages
...description of the great party in Brussels that comes to a sinister end (Canto III, Stanza 21): There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital...bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men; And all went merry as a marriage bell; But hush! hark! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell! Anne's... | |
 | J. Anthony Lukas - History - 2012 - 884 pages
...reminded of Byron's description of the ball in Brussels on the eve of the battle of Waterloo: "There was a sound of revelry by night, / And Belgium's capital.../ The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men." Once more, Governor Gooding occupied a prominent seat. So did the widow, Belle Steunenberg, making... | |
 | Emory M. Thomas - Biography & Autobiography - 1999 - 386 pages
...his script Lord Byron's "The Night Before Waterloo" passage from Childe Harold's Pilgrimage. There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital...which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell; But there was a Waterloo, and the next line portends: But hush! hark! a deep sound strikes like... | |
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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... 
