 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1838 - 316 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 hear... | |
 | William Beattie - Scotland - 1838 - 306 pages
...numbers would occasion inconvenience. — Hist. .Ice. abridged ; see Appendix. And Scotland's — " Capital had gathered then Her beauty and her chivalry,...voluptuous swell — Soft eyes looked love to eyes that spake again, And all went merry as a marriage-bell !" On the forenoon of Saturday, the Regalia... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1839 - 316 pages
...beneath their 1'eet Shall be a soldier's sepulchre. Campbell EXERCISE 22. Bailie 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! Z Did ye not hear... | |
 | Fashion - 740 pages
...floor. We cannot help quoting the magnificent stanzas of Lord Byron, describing the scene : — " 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 ; Bat hash ! hark ! a... | |
 | Oratory - 1840 - 452 pages
...this all the world has gained by thee, Thou first and last of fields ! king-making victory ? There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital...Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again. And alt went merry as a marriage-bell ; — But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell... | |
 | George Willson - Elocution - 1840 - 298 pages
...exhibits the two extremes of pitch : BATTLE OF WATERLOO. There was a sound of revelry by night, A-iid Belgium's capital had gathered then Her beauty and...to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage-bell ; (I) But hush ! hark .' a deep sound strikes like a rising knell ! Did ye not hear it... | |
 | English poetry - 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 - Readers - 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 - Women - 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... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - American poetry - 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...to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage-bell ; But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes us like a rising knell ; Did ye not hear it... | |
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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... 
