 | Oratory - 1836 - 362 pages
...this all the world has gained l>y thee, Thou first and last of fields! king-making victory ? 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... | |
 | Samuel Putnam - Readers - 1836 - 226 pages
...moment wailing that event which •occasions your foolish and brutal triumph. BATTLE OP WATERLOO. 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... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - Elocution - 1836 - 534 pages
...WATERLOO. Byron. There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her heauty and her chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er...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... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1836 - 356 pages
...Thomas) Denman, — xx. 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 ; (2) But hush I hark... | |
 | William Hone - 1837 - 954 pages
...fou^nt on this day. 803 00» THE F.VEllY-DAY BOOK.— JUNE 18. BO« BATTLE OF WATERLOO ГЬсгс >»as a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital...to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage-bell ; But bush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell ! Did ye not hear it ? —... | |
 | American literature - 1837 - 624 pages
...XV. A BaU-rooM — Portraits'—Social and political equality — American Romance — TAe Betrothal. -bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave...swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again. Childe Harold. IT was a gay season in New-York, the winter of 18 — . The town was filled with officers,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1837 - 356 pages
...Athens' tyrant lord. XXI. There was a sound of revelry by night, 2 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... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 480 pages
...Athens' tyrant lord. XXI. There was a sound of revelry by night,(5) 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 : (6) But hush! hark!... | |
 | William Graham (teacher of elocution.) - 1837 - 370 pages
...scream. 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...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... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...heaven-directed, came this day, to do The happy deed, that gilds my humble name. THE FIELD OF WATERLOO. 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... | |
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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... 
