 | Eliza Robbins - Children's poetry - 1828 - 408 pages
...Harolde. THE BALL OF BRUSSELS. 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 Clinton - Poets, English - 1828 - 888 pages
...Belgium's Capital had gathered then Her beauty and her chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fuir women and brave men ; A thousand hearts beat happily...to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage-bell ; f But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell ! Did ye not hear it ?—... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 264 pages
...BATTLE OF WATERLOO. 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... | |
 | Thomas Willcocks - 1829 - 334 pages
...famous victory. THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. EYRON. THERE was a sound of revelry hy night, And Belginm's capital had gathered then Her beauty and her chivalry,...when Music arose with its voluptuous swell Soft eyes look'd love to eyes which spake And all went merry as a marriage-belt; But hush ! hark ! a deep sound... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 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...! 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 : On... | |
 | Moses Severance - Readers - 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...to eyes which 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... | |
 | Francis Roscommon (pseud.) - 1832 - 300 pages
...therefore quote the lines at length. He is speaking of Brussels before the battle of Waterloo :— " 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;— But hush! hark! a... | |
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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... 
