XXI.

There was a sound of revelry by night,[290] And Belgium's Capital had gathered then Her Beauty and her Chivalry--and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men;[hf] 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;[3.B.] But hush! hark! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell!