 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...  A Third Poetry Book - Page 321889 - 521 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1838 - 316 pages
...beneath their feet Shall be a soldier's sepulchre. Campbell EXERCISE 22. Battle of Waterloo. 1 There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital...spake again, And all went merry as a marriage-bell; (0) But hush! hark! •• a deep sound strikes like a rising knell! 2 Did ye not hear it? — No;... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...heaven-directed, came this day, to do The happy deed, that gilds my humble name. THE FIELD OF WATERLOO. THERE was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital...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... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 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...hush ! hark ! — a deep sound strikes like a rising kneO 8. Did ye not hear it ?— No ; 'twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street... | |
 | William Beattie - 1838 - 306 pages
...numbers would occasion inconvenience. — Hist. .Ice. abridged ; see Appendix. And Scotland's — " Capital had gathered then Her beauty and her chivalry,...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... | |
 | 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...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 sound strikes like... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1839 - 316 pages
...beneath their 1'eet Shall be a soldier's sepulchre. Campbell EXERCISE 22. Bailie of Waterloo. 1 There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital...spake again, And all went merry as a marriage-bell; (0) But hush! hark! •• a deep sound strikes like a rising knell! Z Did ye not hear it? — No;... | |
 | 740 pages
...floor. We cannot help quoting the magnificent stanzas of Lord Byron, describing the scene : — " There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital...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 ; Bat hash ! hark ! a... | |
 | 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...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... | |
 | 1840 - 452 pages
...this all the world has gained by thee, Thou first and last of fields ! king-making victory ? There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital...Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again. And alt went merry as a marriage-bell ; — But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell... | |
 | George Willson - 1840 - 298 pages
...exhibits the two extremes of pitch : BATTLE OF WATERLOO. There was a sound of revelry by night, A-iid Belgium's capital had gathered then Her beauty and...spake again, And all went merry as a marriage-bell ; (I) But hush ! hark .' a deep sound strikes like a rising knell ! Did ye not hear it ? — No, 'twas... | |
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