 | Merritt Caldwell - Elocution - 1845 - 352 pages
...start of the majestic world, And bear the palm alone. 3. 1. There was a sound of revelry by night; And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her beauty,...! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell ! 2. Did ye not hear it? — No; 'twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street : On... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - Elocution - 1845 - 492 pages
...his face and wept. 23* NIGHT BEFORE AND BATTLE OF WATERLOO. THERE was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her beauty...! 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... | |
 | William Draper Swan - American literature - 1845 - 482 pages
...gig, ragged, craggy, anger, finger. Battle of Waterloo. BYRON. 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... | |
 | William Coombs Dana - Europe - 1845 - 408 pages
...when it was suddenly announced that Napoleon was advancing. " 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 !" Brussels has its Boulevards,... | |
 | English literature - 1816 - 592 pages
...again a long one, but we must not and dare not curtail it. XXI. ' There was a sound of revelry by night And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her Beauty...thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose wi*h its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes look'd love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a... | |
 | Frank E. Vandiver - Biography & Autobiography - 1977 - 654 pages
...recite, slowly at first, then faster as the words returned: 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. But hush! hark! a deep... | |
 | Mark Bailey - Elocution - 1880 - 80 pages
...Joyous ' example for ' higher pitch* and ' wider compass.' " There was a sound of revelry by night, Her beauty and her chivalry ; and bright The lamps...spake again, And all went merry as a marriage-bell." ' Grave ' example for ' lower pitch ' and less than ' moderate compass.' " And, — when I am forgotten,... | |
 | 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 — 1-9) 6 Did ye not hear it? — No; 'twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street; On... | |
 | 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...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;... | |
 | 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... | |
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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... 
