 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
 | Joseph Payne - 1859 - 512 pages
...the posts assigned them. 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... | |
 | Daniel Clarke Eddy - 1860 - 268 pages
...happily ; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes that spoke again, And all went merry as a marriage bell : But...hush, hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell ! ' " " Can you tell her, Walter ? " "Yes. 1 But hark ! that heavy sound breaks in once more, As if... | |
 | W. J. Knoop - 1862 - 376 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! XXII. Did ye not hear it? — No, 't was but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street; On... | |
 | George Augustus Sala - 1862 - 414 pages
...and put tresses of dead men's hair on their heads, they drove in swift chariots to Albert Gate, and all went merry as a marriage bell. " But, hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell ! " It was indeed the great knell of universal railway smashdom, the St. Sepulchre's boom of found-out... | |
 | 1863 - 260 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 I No sleep till morn, when youth and pleasure meet To chase the glowing hours with flying feet —... | |
 | 1863 - 392 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;...! 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... | |
 | John Charles Curtis - 1863 - 178 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...hush! 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... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 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...! 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... | |
 | 1893 - 1204 pages
...happily: and wben Masic arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spoke again: And all went merry as a marriage bell: But...hush! hark! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell! ') Onbeschrijfelijk schoon is het woord in Genesis 8, waar sprake is van Noach in de dagen van den... | |
 | Standard poetry book - 1866 - 300 pages
...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;...! 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 the... | |
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