 | Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 pages
...1788-1824. (Manual, pp. 422-431.) FROM ' CHILDE HAROLD.' 274. THE EVE OF THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. 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 ? —... | |
 | Charles Bilton - 1866 - 264 pages
...consume, The immortal spirit in the skies may bloom ! Horace Smith. THE NIGHT BEFORE WATERLOO. There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital...went merry as a marriage-bell : — But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell Did ye not hear it ? No ; 'twas but the wind, Or the car... | |
 | Robert Armstrong (master of Madras coll) - 1866 - 142 pages
...: As the ground was before, thus let it be;— How that red rain hath made the harvest grow ! 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 ? No;... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1866 - 204 pages
...wreathes a sword Such as Harmodius drew on Athens' tyrant lord. XXL There was a sound of revelry benight, And Belgium's capital had gather'd then Her Beauty...all went merry as a marriage-bell ; But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell ' XXIL Did ye not hear it? — No; 'twas but the wind, Or... | |
 | John Rolfe - 1867 - 404 pages
...quiet by a little alms he gratifies the beggar, but indeed relieves himself. SOUTH. WATERLOO. THERE was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital...all went merry as a marriage-bell : But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell ! Did ye not hear it ? — No ; 'twas but the wind, Or the... | |
 | Mary Anne Marzials - 1867 - 332 pages
...the Gentile, unsmote by the sword, Hath melted like snow at the glance of the LORD ! WATERLOO. THERE was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's Capital...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 1—No ; 'twas but the wind, Or... | |
 | Mary Anne Marzials - 1867 - 332 pages
...of the LORD ! WATEELOO. 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...all went merry as a marriage-bell ; But hush ! hark .' — a deep sound strikes like a rising knell! Did ye not hear it ? — No ; 'twas but the wind,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1867 - 460 pages
...Athens' tyrant lord. XXL There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had guther'd then Her Beauty and her Chivalry, and bright The lamps...to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage-boll : 1 [knell ! But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes Vk/1 a rising XXII. Did ye not hear... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1868 - 526 pages
...billows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here. XXVI THE FIELD OF WATERI.OO. THERE was a sound of revelry by night: And Belgium's capital...eyes look'd love to eyes which spake again, And all weut merry ;is a marriage bell — But hush ! hark ! A deep sound strikes like a rising knell ! Did... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1868 - 666 pages
...!• •: • 1. ; 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...to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell ;J But hush 1 hark 1 a deep sound strikes like a rising knell I XXII. Did ye not hear... | |
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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 shone o'er fair women and brave men; A thousand hearts beat happily; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft... 
