| Charles Lanman - 1842 - 272 strani
...that night preceding the battle of Waterloo, how strangely blended were the passions of men ! " There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital...bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men." Byron. In that assemblage of Mammon's votaries I can discern the spirits of mirth and sadness. Over... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1842 - 866 strani
...Athens' tyrant lord. XXL There was a sound of revelry- by night, 4 And Belgium's capital had gather'd adjure thee to thlt spell."— MS.] ' [The germs...passage* in ManJ«i. may be found in the Journal of hi Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes look'd love to eyes which spake again, And all went... | |
| Samuel Niles Sweet - 1843 - 324 strani
...or recited in a very animated and energetic manner. NIGHT BEFORE, AND BATTLE OF WATERLOO. 1 . There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital...brave 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... | |
| John Epy Lovell - 1843 - 524 strani
...youth appears, Hailed by a burst of warm, ecstatic cheers, 33. BATTLE OF WATERLOO. — Byron. There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital...brave 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... | |
| Baynard Rush Hall - 1843 - 352 strani
...day-dreams are no more ; and all is glorious, satisfying, unending reality ? CHAPTER LV. " There was a Bound of revelry by night. And Belgium's capital had gathered...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... | |
| John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - 320 strani
...NIGHT BEFORE AND BATTLE OF WATERLOO. THERE was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital hail gathered then Her beauty and her Chivalry, and bright...brave men A thousand hearts beat happily; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes lookei! love to eyes which spake again, And all went... | |
| English poetry - 1844 - 110 strani
...unreflected, shone On bracken green and cold grey stone. Scon's LADY or THE LAKE, (CANTO V.) WATERLOO. THERE was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital...brave 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... | |
| George Willson - 1844 - 300 strani
...unfelt before." The following passage exhibits the two extremes of pitch : BATTLE OF WATERLOO. There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital...brave men: A thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes whpjh spake again, And all went... | |
| William Bentley Fowle - 1844 - 302 strani
...of preparation, the uproar of battle, and the mournful conclusion. There was a sound of revelry hy night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her...brave 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... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 680 strani
...the finest ever penned : " 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...brave men ; A thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes look'd love to eyes which spoke again, And all went... | |
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