• [June 15, 1815]
    From “Childe Harold,” Canto III.
      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 looked love to...