 | John Epy Lovell - Readers - 1846 - 540 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... | |
 | Noble Butler - English language - 1846 - 268 pages
...latter ; for he demands as a favor what the former requires as a debt. — Goldsmith. EULE XVII. Thero was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital...happily, and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Boft eyes looked love i to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage-bell ; But hush!... | |
 | Freemasonry - 1846 - 406 pages
...ladies, and the fancy costumes, presented a brilliant appearance ; and it might well be said that — " The lamps shone o;er fair women and brave men, A thousand...all went merry as a marriage bell." But hush ; hark !— Did you not hear it 7— 'T was the welcome announcement of supper, to which all gave a willing... | |
 | Andrew Johnson - Johnson, Andrew - 1967 - 630 pages
...all he had learned. There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered there 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.13 The Governor concluded,... | |
 | English literature - 1816 - 592 pages
...in feeling. The quotation is again a long one, but we must not and dare not curtail it. XXI. ' There was a sound of revelry by night And Belgium's capital...thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose wi*h its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes look'd love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a... | |
 | Frank E. Vandiver - Biography & Autobiography - 1977 - 654 pages
...listened, rapt, as Jack began to recite, slowly at first, then faster as the words returned: 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 deep... | |
 | Mark Bailey - Elocution - 1880 - 80 pages
...Joyous ' example for ' higher pitch* and ' wider compass.' " There was a sound of revelry by night, Her beauty and her chivalry ; and bright The lamps...to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage-bell." ' Grave ' example for ' lower pitch ' and less than ' moderate compass.' " And, —... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...endless, and sublime, The image of Eternity, — the throne Of the Invisible! OBNC; PoEL-4 5 There in the veins, the sap in the tree Were springs of...world's filth And the filth in the heart of Man — marriage-bell; But hush! hark! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell! (1. 1-9) 6 Did ye not hear... | |
 | American poetry - 1993 - 412 pages
...然， 忘味篇永。 49 There Night Was a Sound of Revelry by C 切r 辟GordonB 打on 。 叮 There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital...hush! 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 the... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1995 - 412 pages
...Glory, is when the myrtle wreathes a sword Such as Harmodius drew on Athens' tyrant lord/ 180 There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital...brave men; A thousand hearts beat happily; and when f denotes Byron's own note: see pp. 65 ff Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes look'd love... | |
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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... 
