 | James Melville M'Culloch - 1831 - 250 pages
...nothings ! ADDISON. 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...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 ; — ^ut hush ! hark... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...such blessing upon thee, As, with a sigh, I deem thou mightst have been to me ! [From Chitde Harold.] WATERLOO. THERE was a sound of revelry by night, And...to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriagebell; But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell ! Did ye not hear it? —... | |
 | Moses Severance - Readers - 1832 - 312 pages
...tribute of perpetual praise. Fitzgerald. SECTION IX. Night before the 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 — 2. But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell — Did ye not hear... | |
 | Francis Roscommon (pseud.) - 1832 - 300 pages
...bring my reader, and I will therefore quote the lines at length. He is speaking of Brussels before the battle of Waterloo :— " There was a sound of...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... | |
 | William Wallace - Great Britain - 1832 - 410 pages
...touched by Lord Byron: — " 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... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1832 - 488 pages
...Athens' tyrant lord. XXI. 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 !... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1832 - 488 pages
...Athens' tyrant lord. XXI. 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 !... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1833 - 312 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... | |
 | Moses Severance - American literature - 1833 - 304 pages
...tribute of pcrpemal praise. FitzfferaiA ., SECTIOM IX. Night before the Battle if \Ynltrlw. 1. THERE was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital...brave men ; A thousand hearts beat happily; and when i Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went... | |
 | James Hedderwick - Oratory - 1833 - 232 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...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 !... | |
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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... 
