 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...  The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature - Page 498edited by - 1816Full view - About this book
 | George Clinton - 1825 - 826 pages
...utmost power : There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belginm's Capital had gathered then Hi r beauty and her chivalry, and bright The lamps shone...hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose with its voluptnous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage-bell... | |
 | 1825 - 504 pages
...all their force throughout that passage, which no one who has read it can forget, beginning, There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her Beauty and her Chivalry. In his description of the sorrow of those who mourn for the dead, gloomy and striking images are accumulated,... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1825 - 504 pages
...perhaps no extent of power could realise what we look for from Lord Byron writing upon Bonaparte. There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her Beauty in her Chivalry ; and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men ; A thousand hearts beat... | |
 | William Hone - 1868 - 846 pages
...sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's rápita! liad gathered then Her beauty and her chivalry, aud bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men...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 1 a... | |
 | William Hone - 1826 - 882 pages
...fougnt on this day. Audley. t Bradv'c Gla»m. BATTLE OF WATERLOO liiere WM a sound of revelry by niglit, ti j A thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose wilh its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked... | |
 | William Hone - 1826 - 892 pages
...terminated the personal power of Xapolean, was fought on this day Aodtey. BATTLE OF WATERLOO There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital...Her beauty and her chivalry, and bright The lamps abone o'er fair women and brave men : A thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose with its... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1826 - 170 pages
...wreathes a sword Such as llunnoilins (2) drew on Atheu's tyrant lord. XXI. There was a sound of reyelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then...her Chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair woman and brave met) ; A thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell,... | |
 | Willard Phillips - 1826 - 194 pages
...nil their force throughout that passage, which no one who has read it can forget, beginning, There was a sound of revelry by night, -. ' And Belgium's...capital had gathered then Her Beauty and her Chivalry. In his description of the sorrow of those who mourn for the dead, gloomy and striking images are accumulated,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1826 - 852 pages
...by night, And Belgium's capital had gather'd then Her Beauty and her Chivalry, and bright The lamp« shone o'er fair women and brave men; A thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose with it* voluptuous swell, I Seft eye« look'd love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage-bell... | |
 | William Hone - 1827 - 858 pages
...Saint Mary's Village will assemble then Her Maids and Ploughmen : and bright The lights will shine o'er fair women and brave men , A thousand hearts beat happily ! and when Music arises with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes look love to eyes, which speak again, And all go merry... | |
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