A book of English poetry; ed. by T. Shorter

TB.&u , .. t. aound or revelry by night,
And Belgium's capital bAd gather'd then
Her Bet.uty and her Cbinlry, and bright
The la.mps shone o'er fair women and brave me~ '
A thousand hearts beat ht.ppily ; and when
Muaie arose with ite voluptuous swell,
Bof~ eyea look'd lovo to eyes which epake again,
And all went merry u a marriag&-bell ;
But huah! hark! a deep sound etrikealikea rillillg knell!

Did ye not hear itt-No; 'tyu but the wind,
Or the car rattling o'er the atony at.reet;
On with the dance I let joy be uocon1ined;
No el&ep till morn, 'l!fhen Youth and Plea.sure meet
To chue the gloYin.g Houn 'llfitb ftyiog fee~
But, bark !-thAt heavy aound breaka in once more,
AI if the clouds its echo w ould repeat ;
And nearer, clearer, deadlier than before I
.Arm l Arm I it i..-itia-the cannon's opening roar!

Within a wiudow'd niche of that high hall

Sate Brunswick's fated chieftain ; be did hear

That eoUDd the first amidet the festivAl,

And caught ite tone with Death'• prophetic ear;

And when they smiled becauee he deem'd it neat',

Hie heart more troly ltnew tht.t peal too well

Which etret.c:h'd bill father on a bloody bier,

And roueed the vengeance blood Aloue could quell :

!I& ruah'd into the field, and, forem011t fighting, fell

Ah I then and there -waa hurrying to and fro,
ADd gathering tean, and tremblinga of dietr-.
ADd ebeeke all pale, whlob but ao hour ago
Bluah'd at the praiee of their own lovelinees ;
ADd there were eudden pa.rtlnge 1 euob u preae
The life from out yoang "'h~ 1 IUid choking sigha
Which ne'er might be repeate<1; 'Who oould goeu
U ever more should meet tboae mutual eyee,
Since upou night 10 eweet such awful morn oould riae f