 | Quaver - Songs - 1844 - 552 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...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 Griswold Goodrich - Biography - 1844 - 336 pages
...the finest ever penned : " 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 spoke again, And all went merry as a marriage bell ; But hush ! hark ! a... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Indians - 1844 - 680 pages
...the finest ever penned : " 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 spoke again, And all went merry as a marriage bell ; But hush ! hark ! a... | |
 | William Coombs Dana - Europe - 1845 - 408 pages
...that gay and brilliant assemblage, when it was suddenly announced that Napoleon was advancing. " There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital...! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell !" Brussels has its Boulevards, and its Park, the latter ornamented with statues, (few and inferior,)... | |
 | James Edward Murdoch, William Russell - Elocution - 1845 - 424 pages
...! Thou go'st forth ; dread ! fathomless ! alone ! Ex. VII. — BATTLE OP 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 ; 't was but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street : On... | |
 | James Edward Murdoch, William Russell - Elocution - 1845 - 374 pages
...! fathomless ! alone ! Ex. VII. — BATTLE OF WATERLOO. — Byron. There was a sound of revelry hy night ; And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her...! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell ! Did ye not hear it ? — No ; 't was but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street : Ou... | |
 | Merritt Caldwell - Elocution - 1845 - 352 pages
...a feeble temper should So get the start of the majestic world, And bear the palm alone. 3. 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 - Elocution - 1845 - 492 pages
...Angel staid him — and he fell Upon his face and wept. 23* NIGHT BEFORE AND BATTLE OF 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? —... | |
 | William Draper Swan - American literature - 1845 - 494 pages
...rogue, brcg-ue, guide, gear, gird, gig, ragged, craggy, anger, finger. Battle of Waterloo, Brno*. 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 I Did ye not hear it 1... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...himself, and showed us it. Cowley. THE EVE OF THE BATTLE.5 THERE was a sound of revelry by night,3 And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her beauty...to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage-bell ; But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell ! 1 Reason's light, Sfc.... | |
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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... 
