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 eyes... Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review - Page 4361816Full view - About this book
| Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 452 pages
...: 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 as a marriage-bell ; (0)But hush ! hark ! •• a deep sound strikes like a rising knell ! H Did ye not hear it ? —... | |
| English poetry - 1828 - 814 pages
...; 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 as a marriage bell ; But hush ! hark ! a d«ep sound strikes like a rising kuell '. Did ye not hear it ?... | |
| Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 440 pages
...Johtum. 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...! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell ! Byrm. MARRIAGE is a contract, both civil and religious, between a man and a woman, by which they... | |
| Thomas Willcocks - 1829 - 334 pages
...its voluptuous swell Soft eyes look'd love to eyes which spake And all went merry as a marriage-belt; But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell ! Did ye not hear itl— No; 'twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street ; On with ihe dance! let joy... | |
| Moral and sacred poetry - 1829 - 326 pages
...hrave men; A thousand hearts heat happily ; and when Music aruse with ita voloptoous swell Soft eyes look'd love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage-hell ; But hush ! hark ! a deep soond strikes like a rising knell ! Did ye not hear ill—... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1830 - 416 pages
...merry as a marriage-bell ; (0) But hush ! hark ! •• a deep sound strikes like a rising knell ! 2 Did ye not hear it ? — No ; 'twas but the wind,...stony street : • (°) On with the dance ! let joy be unconfined ; No sleep till morn, when youth and pleasure meet To chase the glowing hours with flying... | |
| William Hone - Days - 1830 - 878 pages
...: 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 as a marriage-bell -, Rut hush '. hark '. a deep sound strikes like a rising knell ! Did ye not hear it ? — No ; 'twas... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1831 - 290 pages
...went merry as a marriage-bell ; But hash ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell ! :xxn. Did ye not hear it ? — No ; twas but the wind, Or...o'er the stony street; On with the dance ! let joy be unconfined ; No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet To chase the glowing Hours with flying... | |
| James Melville M'Culloch - 1831 - 250 pages
...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 merry as a marriage-bell ; — ^ut hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell ! Did ye not hear it ? — No ; 'twas... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1831 - 376 pages
...thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes look'd leve to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage-bell; (3) But hush! hark! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell! XXII. Did ye not hear it? — No; 'twas... | |
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