 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
 | Robert Walsh - American literature - 1827 - 674 pages
...where every thing bespake a great festivity: — " Music arose with its voluptuous swell ; Soft eyes look'd love to eyes which spake again, And all went...hush! hark! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell!" St. Pierre threw himself in the midst of the saloon ; and he had scarcely made his unbidden appearance... | |
 | Guards - 1827 - 376 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. But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell.'' LOUD BYRON. SUCH was the... | |
 | William Brittainham Lacey - Elocution - 1828 - 308 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...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 the dance ! let joy... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 414 pages
...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...; 'twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stonny street : (°)On with the dance ! let joy be unconfined ; No sleep till morn, when youth and... | |
 | J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - Elocution - 1828 - 314 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...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... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1828 - 780 pages
...and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell. Soft eyes look'd love lo eyes which spake again. Anil all went merry as a marriage-bell ; ' But hush! hark' a deep sound strikes like a rising Knell' XXII. Did ye not hear ill— No; 'I was bul lue wind, Or the car rattling o'er the slony street ; On... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 418 pages
...merry as a marriage-bell; ( 0 )But hush ! hark ! •• a deep sound strikes like a rising knell! n 2 Did ye not hear it ?—No ; 'twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stonny street: (°)On with the dance ! let joy be unconfined ; No sleep till morn, when youth and pleaure... | |
 | George Clinton - Poets, English - 1828 - 888 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 ; f But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell ! Did ye not hear it ?— No; 'twas... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - Children's poetry - 1828 - 408 pages
...which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage-bell ; But hush! hark! a deep sound strikes likes a rising kne.ll : Did ye not hear it? — No ; 'twas but the wind, Or.thecar rattling o'er the stony street; On with the dance ! let joy be unconfined ; Xo sleep till... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - Readers, American - 1828 - 266 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; But hush! hark! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell! Did ye not hear it? — No;... | |
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