 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...  Childe Harold's Pilgrimage: A Romaunt - Page 124by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1837 - 329 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Clinton - Poets, English - 1825 - 826 pages
...utmost power : There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belginm's Capital had gathered then Hi r beauty and her chivalry, and bright The lamps shone...hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose with its voluptnous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage-bell... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1825 - 504 pages
...Bonaparte. There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her Beauty in her Chivalry ; and bright The lamps shone o'er fair...thousand hearts beat happily : and when Music arose wiili its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes look'd love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as... | |
 | 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 Her beauty...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;... | |
 | George Gordon Noël Byron - 1826 - 804 pages
...wreathes a sword Such as llarmodius drew on Athens' tyrant lord. There was a sound of revelry by night, e in him the same. Knl his was not the love of living...o'erflowing teems Along his burning page, distemper'd marriage-bell ; But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell! Did ye not hear it? —... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1826 - 852 pages
...wreathes a sword Such as Harinodiue drew on Athens' tyrant lord. There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had 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 - Calendars - 1827 - 858 pages
...Saint Mary's Village will assemble then Her Maids and Ploughmen : and bright The lights will shine o'er fair women and brave men , A thousand hearts beat happily ! and when Music arises with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes look love to eyes, which speak again, And all go merry... | |
 | 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...hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell.'' LOUD BYRON. SUCH was the interior of the splendid mansion : — the effect of the lights was almost... | |
| |
