| George Washington Burnap - 1841 - Počet stránok 296
...the battle of 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 lamps...Soft eyes look'd love 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... | |
| Andrew Comstock - 1841 - Počet stránok 410
...a sound of rev.elry by night ' ; | And Belgium's capital, | had gather'd then , Her beauty, and Aer chiv,alry; | and bright , The lamps shone , o'er fair...Music arose, with its voluptuous swell, | Soft eyes b look'd love , , to eyes which spaAe again ' ; | And all went merry as a mar'riage-bell — | But... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1842 - Počet stránok 866
...Athens' tyrant lord. XXL There was a sound of revelry- by night, 4 And Belgium's capital had gather'd then Her Beauty and her Chivalry, and bright The lamps...Soft eyes look'd love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage-bell ; 5 [knell ! But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising... | |
| Samuel Kirkham - 1842 - Počet stránok 386
...and rev-eience what you hear*. Flies o'er th' unbending corn', and skims along the main*. There was a sound of revelry by night', And Belgium's capital...men* : A thousand hearts beat happily* ; and when' Musick arose with its voluptuous swell', Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spoke again* ; And all... | |
| James Buist - 1842 - Počet stránok 262
...and a flood of light over all. The scene was, indeed, a brilliant and enchanting one. There were • fair women, and brave men ; A thousand hearts beat...when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage-bell." The Ball was opened... | |
| William Beattie - 1842 - Počet stránok 398
...Norfolk. The evening was ushered in by a splendid ball, at which the " castled Arundcl" " Had gatlier'd then Her beauty and her chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women aud brave men." The ball was opened by the Duke of Norfolk and the Marchioness of Stafford—late Duchess-Countess... | |
| Baynard Rush Hall - 1843 - Počet stránok 352
...day-dreams are no more; and all is glorious, satisfying, unending reality ? CHAPTER LV. " 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 ! a... | |
| John Sydney Taylor - 1843 - Počet stránok 568
...epic description the stanzas in the same work, on the " Battle of Waterloo, beginning— There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Its beauty and its chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men. The allusion... | |
| James Stamford Caldwell - 1843 - Počet stránok 372
...Falsehood, Act i. sc. 3. (said to be by Shakspeare. Theobald, however, asserted that he wrote the Pky.) T 4 Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes look'd love to eyes that look'd again. 1 At last a soft and solemn breathing sound Rose like a stream of rich distill'd... | |
| Quaver - 1844 - Počet stránok 552
...this all the world hath gain'd by thee, Thou first and last of fields, king-making Victor)'! There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital...Soft eyes look'd love 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... | |
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