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... Famous Men of Modern Times - Page 69by Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 288 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... | |
| Jesse Olney - Readers - 1838 - 346 pages
...had gathered then Her beauty and her chivalry, and bright — The lamps s'.ione o'er fair women ana 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-bell ; But hush ! hark ! —... | |
| Philip Alexander Prince - World history - 1838 - 702 pages
...description unnoticed : There was л sound of revelry by flight, And Belgium'! capital had gathered then Her beauty and her chivalry ; and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and breve men : A thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes... | |
| 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...voluptuous swell, Soft eyes look'd love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage- bell ; Bat hash ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a... | |
| 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
...sheet, And every turf beneath their feet Shall be a soldier's sepulchre. WATERLOO. BY LORD BYRON. THERE was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital...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... | |
| William Hone - 1839 - 874 pages
...capital bail gathered then Her beauty and her chivalry, aud bright The lamps shone o'er fair women aud 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-bell ; But hush ! hark '. a... | |
| John William Carleton - 1850 - 516 pages
...was thronged with guests. " And Belgian's capital had gathered then Her beauty and her chivalry, anci bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men ; A thousand hcarU beat happily." But I must refer my readers to the stanzas which follow the above quoted lines,... | |
| 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...voluptuous swell, Soft eyes look'd love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage-bell ; [knell ! But, hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes... | |
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