 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 eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage...  The British Critic: A New Review - Page 6091816Full view - About this book
 | Education - 1849 - 540 pages
...marriage-bell; But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising-knell. Did ye not hear it ? Not 'twas but the wind Or the ear rattling o'er the stony street ; On with the dance/ let joy be imconfined — No sleep tül morn, when yonth and pleasure meet, To chase... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - English poetry - 1850 - 596 pages
...arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes look'd love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell ; But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell !* arm 1 This passage has bren contrasted " ith Seott's description of the landing of the British •my... | |
 | Women's periodicals, English - 1865 - 376 pages
...arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes look'd love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage- bell ; But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a ruing knell. Did ye not hear it } Jfo ; 'twas bat the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street... | |
 | Walter McLeod - 1850 - 170 pages
...co-los'-sal, gigantic colMimn, pillar bewak (Sw.) bivouac (F.) molde. sigman. marechal. colossus. columna. Did ye not hear it ?—No; 'twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street: On with the dance! let joy be unconfined; No sleep till morn, when... | |
 | Education - 1895 - 784 pages
...Corporation showed interest, and voted the fee simple of some property to aid the work, and all went merry as a marriage bell; but hush! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell. A newly-appointed secretary to the County Committee views this work, and, pronouncing it very fair,... | |
 | English literature - 1816 - 592 pages
...swell, Soft eyes look'd love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage-bell ; Bat hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell...not hear it ? — No ; 'twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street ; On witii the dance ! let joy be unconfiued j No sleep till morn,... | |
 | Frank E. Vandiver - Biography & Autobiography - 1977 - 654 pages
...again, And all went merry as a marriage-bell. But hush! hark! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell! Did ye not hear it? — No; 'twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street; On with the dance! let joy be unconfined; No sleep till mom, when... | |
 | Ross Greig Woodman - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 200 pages
...image of the "marriage-bell" are interrupted by the "deadlier" sound of "the cannon's opening roar": Did ye not hear it? - No; 'twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street; On with the dance! let joy be unconfined! ... But, hark! - that... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...went merry as a marriage-bell; But hush! hark! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell! (1. 1-9) 6 en's King I hold. By thee, and more than half perhaps car rattling o'er the stony street; On with the dance! let joy be unconfined; No sleep till morn, when... | |
 | American poetry - 1993 - 412 pages
...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 sound strikes like a rising knell! Did ye not hear it? @ No; 'twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street; On with the... | |
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