| 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 !... | |
| William Wallace - Great Britain - 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 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 !... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 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...to eyes which 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... | |
| Moses Severance - American literature - 1833 - 304 pages
...tribute of pcrpemal praise. FitzfferaiA ., SECTIOM IX. Night before the Battle if \Ynltrlw. 1. THERE was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital...brave men ; A thousand hearts beat happily; and when i Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went... | |
| James Hedderwick - Oratory - 1833 - 232 pages
...fields ! king-making Victory ? 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 !... | |
| Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1834 - 360 pages
...swift Camilla scours the plain', » Flies o'er lh' unbending corn', and skims along the main'. There was a sound of revelry by night', And Belgium's capital...brave men': A thousand hearts beat happily'; and when' Musick arose with its voluptuous swell', Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spoke again'; And all... | |
| William Hone - Days - 1835 - 876 pages
...terminated the personal power of Napolean, was fou|>nt on this day. 8o:< BATTLE OF WATERLOO ГЬсго was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital...thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose with ils voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage-bell... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1835 - 420 pages
...particulars, requires the voice gradually to rise on each, till it comes to the mark of transition. Her beauty and her chivalry, and bright The lamps...swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, All went merry as a marriage-bell ; (0) But hush ! hark ! •• a deep sound strikes like a rising... | |
| Harp - English poetry - 1836 - 380 pages
...I ween, The marks of that which once had been. BATTLE OF WATERLOO. . BYRON. THERE was a sound of a revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered...! 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 with... | |
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