 | Samuel Niles Sweet - 1843 - 324 pages
...dance ! let joy be unconfin'd ; No sleep till morn, when youth and pleasure meet To chase the.glowing hours with flying feet. But hark ! that heavy sound...arm ! it is — it is — the cannon's opening roar ! That sound the first amidst the festival, And caught its tone with death's prophetic ear ; And when... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1844 - 318 pages
...BATTLE OF WATERLOO. THERE was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her beauty and her Chivalry, and bright The lamps...is — it is — the cannon's opening roar Within a windowed niche of that high hall Sate Brunswick's fated chieftain; he did hear That sound the first... | |
 | William Bentley Fowle - 1844 - 302 pages
...mournful conclusion. There was a sound of revelry hy night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her beauty and her chivalry, and bright The lamps...arm ! it is — it is — the cannon's opening roar Ah ! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears, and tremblings of distress, And cheeks... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1844 - 900 pages
...looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage-bell ; But hush ! liark ! — a deep sound strikes like a rising knell ! Did ye...arm ! it is — it is — the cannon's opening roar ! Ah ! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears, and tremblings of distress, And... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 110 pages
...: But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell ! Did ye not hear it ? — No ; 't was but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street...— it is — the cannon's opening roar ! Within a window'd niche of that high hall Sat Brunswick's fated chieftain ; he did hear That sound the first... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 336 pages
...bell ; But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell Did ye not hear it I No ; 't was but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street...clearer, deadlier than before ! Arm ! arm ! it is — the cannon's opening roar ! Oh ! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears and... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 680 pages
...bell ; But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell Did ye not hear it ? No ; 't was but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street...clearer, deadlier than before ! Arm ! arm ! it is — the cannon's opening roar ! Oh ! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears and... | |
 | Quaver - 1844 - 552 pages
...but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street ; On with the dance ! let joy be unconfin'd ; No sleep till morn, when youth and pleasure meet,...before ! Arm ! arm ! it is ! — it is ! the cannon's op'ning roar ! Within a window'd niche of that high hall Sate Brunswick's fated chieftain ; he did... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1845 - 492 pages
...BATTLE OF WATERLOO. THERE was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her beauty and her Chivalry, and bright The lamps...is — it is — the cannon's opening roar Within a windowed niche of that high hall Sate Brunswick's fated chieftain; he did hear That sound the first... | |
 | William Draper Swan - 1845 - 482 pages
...of Waterloo. BYRON. THERE was a sound of revelry by night; And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her beauty and her chivalry ; and bright The lamps...— it is ! — the cannon's opening roar ! Within a windowed niche of that high hall, Sate Brunswick's fated chieftain : he did hear That sound the first... | |
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twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street; On with the dance! let joy be unconfined; No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet To chase the glowing Hours with flying feet. 
