 There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered 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...  St. George; Or, The Canadian League - Page 115by William Charles McKinnon - 1852Full view - About this book
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1832 - 310 pages
...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...! 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... | |
 | William Wallace - 1832 - 410 pages
...hearts beat happily; and when Music 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 likes a rising knell! * * * » * * * » " Ah! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering... | |
 | 1832 - 564 pages
...shone o'er fair women and brave men; And when music rose, with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes look'd love, to eyes that spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell." The world, at least that portion of it which comes under the description of the phlegmatic and... | |
 | Harp - 1836 - 380 pages
...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...! 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... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1837 - 356 pages
...beat happily ; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes look'd love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage- bell...hush! hark! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell! 1 See the famous song on Harmodius and Aristogiton. The best English translation is in Eland's Anthology,... | |
 | Camden Elizabeth Lambert - 1838 - 1014 pages
...men, A thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes that spake again, And all went merry...! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell. Lord Byron. BRILLIANTLY attired in the soft silken shining tissues which make loveliness appear more... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...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...! 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... | |
 | William Beattie - 1838 - 306 pages
...thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell — Soft eyes looked love to eyes that spake again, And all went merry as a marriage-bell !" On the forenoon of Saturday, the Regalia of Scotland were conveyed in great ceremony... | |
 | Baynard Rush Hall - 1843 - 352 pages
...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...hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell?" WE shall conclude this year with a wedding. " Who is to be married?" John Glenville. "That old bachelor?"... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 336 pages
...happily ; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes look'd love to eyes which spoke again, And all went merry as a marriage bell ; But...! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell Did ye not hear it I No ; 't was but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street ; On with... | |
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