 | Merritt Caldwell - 1852 - 370 pages
...car rattling o'er the stony street : On with the dance ! let joy be uneonfined ; No sleep till mom, when youth and pleasure meet To chase the glowing...! arm ! it is — it is the cannon's opening roar! 3. Ah ! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears, and tremblings of distress. And... | |
 | Joseph Guy - 1852 - 458 pages
...meet To chase the glowing Hours with flying feet ; — * An allusion to the great ball at Brussels. But hark ! that heavy sound breaks in once more, As...arm ! it is — it is — the cannon's opening roar ! Within a window'd niche of that high hall Sate Brunswick's fated chieftain ; he did hear That sound... | |
 | English poetry - 1853 - 552 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...arm ! it is — it is — the cannon's opening roar ! Within a windowed niche of that high hall Sate Brunswick's fated chieftain ; he did hear That sound... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1853 - 740 pages
...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...arm ! it is — it is — the cannon's opening roar ! Ah ! then and there were hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears and tremblings of distress, And... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 pages
...these, Thou drownest nature's sweet and kindly voices, And jarrest the celestial harmonies? Longfellow. Did ye not hear it? — No! 'twas but the wind, Or...arm! it is — it is — the cannon's opening roar. Byron. CAPARLE. CAGE. 157 CAPABLE— CAPACITY. FAIR, gentle, sweet, Tour wit makes wise things foolish:... | |
 | J H. Aitken - 1853 - 378 pages
...but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street : On with the dance ! let joy be unconfin'd; No sleep till morn, when youth and pleasure meet To...it is ! — it is ! — the cannon's opening roar! Within a window'd niche of that high hall Sate Brunswick's fated chieftain ; he did hear That sound... | |
 | Frank E. Vandiver - 1977 - 654 pages
...the car rattling o'er the stony street; On with the dance! let joy be unconfined; No sleep till mom, when Youth and Pleasure meet To chase the glowing...Arm! Arm! it is — it is — the cannon's opening roar!20 A woman guide at Waterloo must have been dismayed at the knowledge of the tall American with... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1995 - 412 pages
...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...And nearer, clearer, deadlier than before! Arm! Arm! and out - it is - the cannon's opening roar! These stanzas are followed by others in which Byron presents... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - 1995 - 936 pages
...the car rattling o'er the stony street; On with the dance! let joy be unconfined; No sleep till mom, when Youth and Pleasure meet To chase the glowing...Arm! it is — it is — the cannon's opening roar! From DON JUAN From CANTO I I I want a hero: an uncommon want, When everv' year and month sends forth... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1996 - 868 pages
...unconfined; No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet To chase the glowing Hours with flying feet 19S But, hark! - that heavy sound breaks in once more,...Arm! Arm! it is - it is - the cannon's opening roar! 1. See the famous song on Harmodius and Aristogiton. The best English translation is in Bland's Anthology,... | |
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twas but the wind, Or the car rattling 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 feet. 
