 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
 | André De Vries - History - 2003 - 282 pages
...Childe Harold the ball covers stanzas 21 to 25 in Canto Three: There was a sound of revelry by night, and Belgium's capital had gathered then Her Beauty...which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell; And. there was mounting in hot haste: the steed, The mustering squadron, and the clattering car,... | |
 | Suzanne Enoch - Fiction - 2009 - 382 pages
...swinging Evelyn into the dance and holding her much too close for propriety. "They know how to waltz." A thousand hearts beat happily; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes look'd love to eyes which spake again, And alt went merry as a marriage belL —Lord Byron, Childe... | |
 | Ian L. Donnachie, Carmen Lavin - History - 2004 - 400 pages
...sword Such as Harmodius drew on Athens' tyrant lord.15' 16 180 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;17'18 But hush! hark!... | |
 | Vera - Fiction - 2004 - 312 pages
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 | Grace Elizabeth King - History - 2004 - 308 pages
...on the eve of the battle: 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, (lines 181- 88) And Charlotte... | |
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