 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1831 - 290 pages
...Glory, is when the myrtle wreathes a sword Such as Harmodius (2) drew on Athens' tyrant lord. XXI. There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital...Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, And (3) all went merry as a marriage-bell ; But hash ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1831 - 376 pages
...Athens' tyrant lord. XXI. There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gather'd then Her Beauty and her Chivalry, and bright The lamps...when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes look'd leve to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage-bell; (3) But hush! hark! a... | |
 | James Melville M'Culloch - 1831 - 250 pages
...nothings ! ADDISON. WATERLOO. THERE was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gather'd then Her Beauty and her Chivalry ; and bright The...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 ; — ^ut hush ! hark... | |
 | Moses Severance - 1832 - 312 pages
...tribute of perpetual praise. Fitzgerald. SECTION IX. Night before the 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 — 2. But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell — Did ye not hear it 1— No ;... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1832 - 310 pages
...the recess.) C. A DESCRIPTION OP THE BALL AT BRUSSELS BEFORE THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO.* Byron. 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 ? —... | |
 | Francis Roscommon (pseud.) - 1832 - 300 pages
...reader, and I will therefore quote the lines at length. He is speaking of Brussels before the battle of Waterloo :— " There was a sound of revelry by night,...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... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1832 - 488 pages
...Athens' tyrant lord. XXI. There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gather'd then Her beauty and her chivalry, and bright The lamps...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 !... | |
 | William Wallace - 1832 - 410 pages
...touched by Lord Byron: — " There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gather'd then Her beauty and her chivalry, and bright The lamps...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... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1832 - 488 pages
...Athens' tyrant lord. XXI. There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gather' d then Her beauty and her chivalry, and bright The lamps...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 !... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1833 - 312 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;... | |
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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... 
