 | 1840 - 378 pages
...their awful lore. ******** There was a sound of revelry by night, A nd 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 ; [knell ! But, hush !... | |
 | Moses Severance - 1841 - 316 pages
...By thee mankind enjoys, — by thee repays SECTION IX. Night before the Battle of Waterloo. 1. THERE was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital...men; A thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music aiose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eves looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry... | |
 | George Washington Burnap - 1841 - 296 pages
...the battle of 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 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... | |
 | 1841 - 470 pages
...How men shrunk as it ed 'he day, which witnessed that event festive the night in which it closed! — Bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men;...with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to гугч which spake again, Anda)] went merry as a marriage-bell. And how many thousands, as the calls... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - 1841 - 410 pages
...a sound of rev.elry by night' ; | And Belgium's capital , | had gather'd then , Her beauty, and Aer chiv,alry; | and bright , The lamps shone , o'er fair...when Music arose, with its voluptuous swell, | Soft eyesb look'd love, , to eyes which spaAe again' ; | And all went merry as a mar'riage-bell — | But... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - 1842 - 352 pages
...Brussels. Lord Byron has commemorated this circumstance in Childe Harolde. THE BALL OF BRUSSELS. . There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital...marriage-bell ; But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes us like a rising knell ; Did ye not hear it ? — No ; 'twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er... | |
 | James Buist - 1842 - 262 pages
...and a flood of light over all. The scene was, indeed, a brilliant and enchanting one. There were • fair women, and brave men ; A thousand hearts beat...spake again, And all went merry as a marriage-bell." The Ball was opened by the Queen and the Marquess of Breadalbane, and by Prince Albert and the Duchess... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1842 - 866 pages
...Athens' tyrant lord. XXL There was a sound of revelry- by night, 4 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 ; 5 [knell ! But hush... | |
 | Charles Lanman - 1842 - 272 pages
...that night preceding the battle of Waterloo, how strangely blended were the passions of men ! " There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital...bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men." Byron. In that assemblage of Mammon's votaries I can discern the spirits of mirth and sadness. Over... | |
 | Baynard Rush Hall - 1843 - 352 pages
...day-dreams are no more ; and all is glorious, satisfying, unending reality ? CHAPTER LV. " There was a Bound of revelry by night. And Belgium's capital had gathered...to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell — But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell?" WE shall conclude this... | |
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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... 
