Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children (1922)
Sylvester, Charles Herbert · Chicago : Bellows-Reeve · leaf 195
THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO By Lord Byron HERE was a sound of revelry bynight,And Belgiums capital had gathered thenHer Beauty and her Chivalry, andbrightThe lamps shone oer fair women andbrave men;A thousand hearts beat happily; and whenMusic arose with its voluptuous swell,Soft eyes looked love to… … Did ye not hear it ?—No; twas but the wind.Or the car rattling oer the stony street;On with the dance! let joy be unconfined;No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meetTo chase the glowing Hours with flying feet—But, hark!—that heavy sound breaks in once moreAs if the clouds its echo would…
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