 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...happy deed, that gilds my humble name. THE FIELD OF WATERLOO. 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 ; — But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell ! Did ye not hear it... | |
 | Jesse Olney - Readers - 1838 - 346 pages
...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...hush ! hark ! — a deep sound strikes like a rising kneO 8. Did ye not hear it ?— No ; 'twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street... | |
 | William Beattie - Scotland - 1838 - 306 pages
...numbers would occasion inconvenience. — Hist. .Ice. abridged ; see Appendix. And Scotland's — " Capital had gathered then Her beauty and her chivalry,...voluptuous swell — Soft eyes looked love to eyes that spake again, And all went merry as a marriage-bell !" On the forenoon of Saturday, the Regalia... | |
 | Camden Elizabeth Lambert - 1838 - 1014 pages
...f£tes Sera pour nous presqu'un rcmords ; Nos jeux seront suiris de pompes se'pulchrales. Victor Hugo, The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men, A thousand...its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes that spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell. But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like... | |
 | 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...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 it? — No;... | |
 | William Hone - 1839 - 874 pages
...capital bail gathered then Her beauty and her chivalry, aud bright The lamps shone o'er fair women aud te, and out to Moorefields, thence thro' Cornehille, ' Did ye not hear it ?— No ; 'twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street ; On with... | |
 | 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... | |
 | George Willson - Elocution - 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...spake again, And all went merry as a marriage-bell ; (I) But hush ! hark .' a deep sound strikes like a rising knell ! Did ye not hear it ? — No, 'twas... | |
 | Oratory - 1840 - 452 pages
...thee, Thou first and last of fields ! king-making victory ? There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her beauty...Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again. And alt went merry as a marriage-bell ; — But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell... | |
 | English poetry - 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...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 ; [knell ! But, hush !... | |
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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... 
