 | John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 pages
...• . :• . .. J.Vf~«- .. '.. The Night before Ike Bailie of Waterloo. THERE was a sound of reveliy by night, And Belgium's capital had gather'd then...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;... | |
 | William Hone - Calendars - 1868 - 846 pages
...sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's rápita! liad gathered then Her beauty and her chivalry, aud bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men...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 1 a... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1826 - 170 pages
...gathered then Her beauty and her Chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair woman and brave met) ; A thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose...Soft eyes look'd love to eyes which spake again, And (3) all went merry as a marriage-bell ; But hush ! hark ; a deep sound like a rising knell ! XXII,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1826 - 852 pages
...endear» Glory, is when the myrtle wreathes a sword Such as Harinodiue drew on Athens' tyrant lord. There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital...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... | |
 | William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1826 - 892 pages
...night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her beauty and her chivalry, and bright The lamps abone o'er fair women and brave men : A thousand hearts...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 1 a... | |
 | William Hone - 1826 - 882 pages
...Gla»m. BATTLE OF WATERLOO liiere WM a sound of revelry by niglit, And Belgium's capital had gathered here ; its utmost force Can but arrest the light and smoky mist, That in its fall the liqu j A thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose wilh its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked... | |
 | Guards - 1827 - 376 pages
...CONTINUATION. MORE SCANDAL. " There was a sound of revelry by night, And (lifitain\t) capital had gather' d then Her beauty and her chivalry, and bright The lamps...which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell. But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell.'' LOUD BYRON. SUCH was the interior... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1827 - 888 pages
...when the inyrile wreathe* the sword Sucb as II »то. lm, drew on Athens' tyrant lord. XXÏ. There was a sound of revelry by night. And Belgium's capital...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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 264 pages
...pale with age That first spoke peace to man. THE NIGHT BEFORE THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. BYRON. 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! Did ye not hear it? — No; 'twas but... | |
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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... 
