 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...  Childe Harold's pilgrimage, ed. by W. Hiley - Page 74by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1877Full view - About this book
 | American poetry - 1838 - 332 pages
...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 - World history - 1838 - 702 pages
...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... | |
 | Jesse Olney - Readers - 1838 - 346 pages
...Cesar. » LESSON CLXXV. Battle of Waterloo.* — LORD BYRON. 1. THERE was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital! had gathered then Her 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... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1839 - 316 pages
...soldier's sepulchre. Campbell EXERCISE 22. Bailie of Waterloo. 1 There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her beauty...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! Z Did ye not hear... | |
 | Fashion - 740 pages
...magnificent stanzas of Lord Byron, describing the scene : — " There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her beauty...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... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...of Eternity, — the throne Of the Invisible! OBNC; PoEL-4 5 There was a sound of revelry by night. e Were springs of Deity. (1. 20-24) 9 But I saw the...world's filth And the filth in the heart of Man — marriage-bell; But hush! hark! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell! (1. 1-9) 6 Did ye not hear... | |
 | American poetry - 1993 - 412 pages
...Night Was a Sound of Revelry by C 切r 辟GordonB 打on 。 叮 There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her Beauty...hush! 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 the... | |
 | George Gordon Byron - Poetry - 1994 - 884 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 shone o'er fair women ano brave men; A t*""1"""* hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 936 pages
...Athens' tvrant lord, 180 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! a deep... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1995 - 412 pages
...wreathes a sword Such as Harmodius drew on Athens' tyrant lord/ 180 There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her Beauty...brave men; A thousand hearts beat happily; and when f denotes Byron's own note: see pp. 65 ff Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes look'd love... | |
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