 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
 | Robert Armstrong (master of Madras coll) - 1866 - 142 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;...! 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... | |
 | 1866 - 320 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 ! Stanza 2 I. I have not loved the world, nor the world me ; I have not flatter'd its rank breath,... | |
 | Frances Martin - 1866 - 506 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 ! 1 Or corri, ' the hollow side of the hill where game usually lies : ' this word ijivcs name to many... | |
 | Peter Parley (pseud.) - 1866 - 560 pages
...happily ; and when Music arose, with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which space again, And all went merry as a marriage bell. But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising kr.ell. Did ye not hear it ? No ! 'twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street. On... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1868 - 544 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! 3. Make fast the doors ; heap wood upon the fire ; Draw in your stools, and pass the goblet round,... | |
 | John Dudley Philbrick - 1868 - 636 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 1 Did ye not hear it ? — No : 't was but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street : On... | |
 | William Russell - 1868 - 310 pages
...Style.) 1. — Alarm, and Fear. | THE BALI. AT BRUSSELS, ON THE EVE OF WATERLOO.] — Byron, •' And aft went merry as a marriage bell : But hush ! || || hark...|| || a deep sound || strikes like a rising knell ! " 2. — Awe, and Terror. [SHIPWRECK.] — Wilson. " Many ports will exult at the gleam of her mast... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1868 - 526 pages
...with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes look'd love to eyes which spake again, And all weut merry ;is a marriage bell — But 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... | |
 | Andrew Johnson - 1868 - 312 pages
...lamps shone o'er fair women and br&ve m» Znnaic ascends with its voluptuous swell, And eyes looked love to eyes that spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell. The adjutant himself is there ; the epaulette has modeM? retired behind the domino; the gentleman... | |
 | John Swett - 1867 - 252 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 ; But hush I hark ! — a deep sound strikes like a rising knel/. Did ye not hear it? — No; 'twas but the wind,... | |
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