 | Tobias Smollett - 1816 - 674 Seiten
...not attempt to describe the battle, but he touches upon what preceded happily and forcibly. " There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital...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... | |
 | 1817 - 590 Seiten
...vigour and in feeling. The quotation is 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...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... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 478 Seiten
...which it mounts, as if to break the liuk That keeps us from yon heaven which woos us to its brink. XXI. There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's...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 I a... | |
 | 1824 - 452 Seiten
...gods, was first miserably tortured, and then put to death. *18. 1815. — BATTLE OF WATERLOO. There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital...again, And all went merry as a marriage-bell : But bush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell ! Did ye not hear it? — No ; 'twas but the... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Alfred Howard - 1824 - 226 Seiten
...BEFORE 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...spake again, And all went merry as a marriage-bell ; [knell ! But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising Did ye not hear it ? — no ; 'twas... | |
 | William Hone - 1825 - 842 Seiten
...power of Napoleón, was fought dn this day. * Audley, t Bredy'i Cl«Ti§. BATTLE OF WATERLOO There n the grateful stomach of {he judicious epicure — and for such ; Bat hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell ! Did ye not hear it ? — No ; 'twas... | |
 | William Hone - 1868 - 846 Seiten
...sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's rápita! liad gathered then Her beauty and her chivalry, aud bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men...all went merry as a marriage-bell ; But hush ! hark 1 a deep sound strikes like a rising knell ' Did ye not hear it ? — No ; 'twas but the wind, Or the... | |
 | William Brittainham Lacey - 1828 - 308 Seiten
...in Christian love : The fellowship of kindred minds Is like to that above. BATTLE OF WATERLOO. There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital...hark! . . a -deep sound strikes like a rising knell ! Did ye not hear, k?— No; 'twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street : On with... | |
 | J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - 1828 - 314 Seiten
...God's Angel staid Mm — and he.fell Upon his face and wept. NIGHT BEFORE AND BATTLE OF WATERLOO. THERE was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital...But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising ktfeH, Did ye not hear it ? — No ; 'twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 452 Seiten
...With this regard their currents turn awry, And Jose the name of action. 4. Battle of Waterloo. 1 There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital...spake again, And all went merry as a marriage-bell ; (0)But hush ! hark ! •• a deep sound strikes like a rising knell ! H Did ye not hear it ? —... | |
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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... 
