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... The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature - Seite 498herausgegeben von - 1816Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Ebenezer Porter - 1838 - 316 Seiten
...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...when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage-bell; (0) But hush! hark! ••... | |
| Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 Seiten
...heaven-directed, came this day, to do The happy deed, that gilds my humble name. THE FIELD OF WATERLOO. THERE was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital...when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell ; — But hush ! hark... | |
| William Beattie - 1838 - 306 Seiten
...numbers would occasion inconvenience. — Hist. .Ice. abridged ; see Appendix. And Scotland's — " Capital had gathered then Her beauty and her chivalry,...Music arose with its voluptuous swell — Soft eyes looked love to eyes that spake again, And all went merry as a marriage-bell !" On the forenoon of Saturday,... | |
| Camden Elizabeth Lambert - 1838 - 1014 Seiten
...f£tes Sera pour nous presqu'un rcmords ; Nos jeux seront suiris de pompes se'pulchrales. Victor Hugo, The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men, A thousand...when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes that spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell. But hush ! hark ! a deep... | |
| Jesse Olney - 1838 - 346 Seiten
...conspirators who assassinated Jolitu Cesar. » LESSON CLXXV. Battle of Waterloo.* — LORD BYRON. 1. THERE was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital!...beauty and her chivalry, and bright — The lamps s'.ione o'er fair women ana brave men : A thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose with... | |
| 1838 - 332 Seiten
...ire ' BYRON. + WATERLOO. THERE was a sound of revelry by night, And Belginm's capital had gather'd then Her beauty and her chivalry, and bright The lamps...o'er fair women and brave men ; A thousand hearts boat happily, and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes look'd love to eyes which spake... | |
| Philip Alexander Prince - 1838 - 702 Seiten
...hero, to pass his vivid description unnoticed : There was л sound of revelry by flight, And Belgium'! capital had gathered then Her beauty and her chivalry ; and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and breve men : A thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes... | |
| George Palmer Putnam, Author of An introduction and index to general history - 1838 - 302 Seiten
...of Napoleon ; the commander of three great armies ; the leader at the ball of Brussels, when ' There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her beauty and her chivalry ;' this famous great-little man rose to speak. And he spoke 'pretty well considering.' He hesitates... | |
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...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...to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage- bell ; Bat hash ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell. Did ye not liear it 1... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - 1839 - 316 Seiten
...beneath their 1'eet Shall be a soldier's sepulchre. Campbell EXERCISE 22. Bailie of Waterloo. 1 There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital...when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage-bell; (0) But hush! hark! ••... | |
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