 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...  The Poetical Works of Lord Byron - Page 28by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1859 - 827 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Camden Elizabeth Lambert - 1838 - 1014 pages
...f£tes Sera pour nous presqu'un rcmords ; Nos jeux seront suiris de pompes se'pulchrales. Victor Hugo, The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men, A thousand...when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes that spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell. But hush ! hark ! a deep... | |
 | American poetry - 1838 - 332 pages
...Goths, and glut your ire ' BYRON. + WATERLOO. THERE was a sound of revelry by night, And Belginm's capital had gather'd then Her beauty and her chivalry,...o'er fair women and brave men ; A thousand hearts boat happily, and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes look'd love to eyes which spake... | |
 | Fashion - 740 pages
...describing the scene : — " There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her beauty and her chivalry, and bright The lamps...to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage- bell ; Bat hash ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell. Did ye not liear it 1... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1839 - 316 pages
...22. Bailie of Waterloo. 1 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-bell; (0) But hush! hark! ••... | |
 | Priscilla Maden Watts - 1839 - 286 pages
...feet Shall be a soldier's sepulchre. WATERLOO. BY LORD BYRON. THERE was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gather'd then Her beauty...shone o'er fair women and brave men: A thousand hearts beat'happily, and when Music arose, with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes look'd love to eyes which... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 368 pages
...adore, As Pallas and the Muse unveil their awful lore. There was a sound of revelry by night, Arid Belgium's capital had gather'd then Her beauty and...merry as a marriage-bell ; [knell ! But, hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising Did ye not hear it ? No ; 'twas but the wind Or the car rattling... | |
 | George Willson - Elocution - 1840 - 298 pages
...pitch : BATTLE OF WATERLOO. There was a sound of revelry by night, A-iid 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-bell ; (I) But hush ! hark... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1841 - 474 pages
...a sword Such as Harmodius drew on Athens' tyrant lord. XXI. There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gather'd then Her Beauty...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 ;... | |
 | George W. Burnap - Women - 1841 - 288 pages
...Byron's description of the night before the battle of Waterloo. "There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gather'd then Her beauty...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; 't was but the... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1841 - 998 pages
...gather'd then Her beauty and her chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave me« ; u j NA 9H$ : a EO _ HM\GC l 1 Z^v - hU N` p ֠) ړ 0(un\ [ ; (6) But hush! hark! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell! XXII. Did ye not hear it? — No; 'twas... | |
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