 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...  Annual Register - Page 643edited by - 1817Full view - About this book
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...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...; A thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes look'd love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry... | |
 | 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...men: A thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry... | |
 | Priscilla Maden Watts - 1839 - 286 pages
...WATERLOO. BY LORD BYRON. 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 eyes look'd love to eyes which... | |
 | John William Carleton - 1850 - 516 pages
...was thronged with guests. " And Belgian's capital had gathered then Her beauty and her chivalry, anci bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men ; A thousand hcarU beat happily." But I must refer my readers to the stanzas which follow the above quoted lines,... | |
 | George Willson - 1840 - 298 pages
...exhibits the two extremes of pitch : BATTLE OF WATERLOO. There was a sound of revelry by night, A-iid Belgium's capital had gathered then Her beauty and...men: A thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry... | |
 | 1840 - 378 pages
...their awful lore. ******** There was a sound of revelry by night, A nd Belgium's capital had gather'd then Her beauty and her chivalry, and bright The lamps...; A thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes look'd love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry... | |
 | George Washington Burnap - 1841 - 296 pages
...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...men; A thousand hearts beat happily; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes look'd love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - 1841 - 410 pages
...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...thousand hearts beat hap'pily ; | and, when Music arose, with its voluptuous swell, | Soft eyesb look'd love, , to eyes which spaAe again' ; | And all... | |
 | 1841 - 470 pages
...How men shrunk as it ed 'he day, which witnessed that event festive the night in which it closed! — 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 eyes looked love to гугч which spake again, Anda)] went merry... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1841 - 998 pages
...tyrant lord. ': XXI. There was a sound of revelry by night, (ii) And Belgium's capital had gather'd then Her beauty and her chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave me« ; A thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes look'd... | |
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