 | 740 páginas
...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... | |
 | William Hone - 1839 - 874 páginas
...capital bail gathered then Her beauty and her chivalry, aud bright The lamps shone o'er fair women aud te, and out to Moorefields, thence thro' Cornehille, ' Did ye not hear it ?— No ; 'twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street ; On with... | |
 | 1840 - 452 páginas
...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 - 1840 - 298 páginas
...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...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 ? — No, 'twas... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - 1842 - 352 páginas
...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...marriage-bell ; But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes us like a rising knell ; Did ye not hear it ? — No ; 'twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - 1843 - 324 páginas
...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...! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell. 2. Did ye not hear it ? — No ; 'twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street. On... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1843 - 524 páginas
...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...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... | |
 | Baynard Rush Hall - 1843 - 352 páginas
...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...to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell — But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell?" WE shall conclude this... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1844 - 318 páginas
...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...! 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... | |
 | William Bentley Fowle - 1844 - 302 páginas
...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...! 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... | |
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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... 
