 | James Buist - 1842 - 262 pages
...and a flood of light over all. The scene was, indeed, a brilliant and enchanting one. There were • fair women, and brave men ; A thousand hearts beat...to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage-bell." The Ball was opened by the Queen and the Marquess of Breadalbane, and by Prince Albert... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1842 - 866 pages
...Athens' tyrant lord. XXL There was a sound of revelry- by night, 4 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 ; 5 [knell ! But hush... | |
 | Baynard Rush Hall - Bloomington (Ind.) - 1843 - 352 pages
...day-dreams are no more ; and all is glorious, satisfying, unending reality ? CHAPTER LV. " There was a Bound of revelry by night. And Belgium's capital had gathered...hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell?" WE shall conclude this year with a wedding. " Who is to be married?" John Glenville. "That old bachelor?"... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - Readers - 1843 - 524 pages
...youth appears, Hailed by a burst of warm, ecstatic cheers, 33. BATTLE OF WATERLOO. — Byron. 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 Niles Sweet - Elocution - 1843 - 324 pages
...or recited in a very animated and energetic manner. NIGHT BEFORE, AND 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. But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell. 2. Did ye not hear it ?... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - 320 pages
...NIGHT BEFORE AND BATTLE OF WATERLOO. THERE was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital hail gathered then Her beauty and her Chivalry, and bright...when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes lookei! love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage-bell ; But hush! hark! a deep... | |
 | William Bentley Fowle - Recitations - 1844 - 302 pages
...of preparation, the uproar of battle, and the mournful conclusion. There was a sound of revelry hy night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her...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 Willson - American literature - 1844 - 300 pages
...unfelt before." The following passage exhibits the two extremes of pitch : BATTLE OF WATERLOO. There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital...its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes whpjh spake again, And all went merry as a marriage-bell ; (7) But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 110 pages
...unreflected, shone On bracken green and cold grey stone. Scon's LADY or THE LAKE, (CANTO V.) 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... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - Elocution - 1844 - 900 pages
...revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her beauty and her chivalry, and bright Tlic lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men ; A thousand...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 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... 
