Brussels in 1815:
I want to share some more photos from my Pinterest Page for Edward Ware Thrillers about Brussels at the time of the Battle of Waterloo. A ball was held on June 15 by the Duchess of Richmond. All the British officers including the Duke of Wellington attended only to depart quickly thereafter for the battlefield. Byron wrote about the ball in his poem, Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage:
Ah! Then there was hurrying to and fro,
And gathering tears and tremblings of distress,
And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago
Blushed at the praise of their own loveliness;
And there were sudden partings such as press
The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs
Which ne’er might be repeated;who could guess
If ever more should meet those mutual eyes,
Since upon night so sweet such awful morn could rise!
I want to share some more photos from my Pinterest Page for Edward Ware Thrillers about Brussels at the time of the Battle of Waterloo. A ball was held on June 15 by the Duchess of Richmond. All the British officers including the Duke of Wellington attended only to depart quickly thereafter for the battlefield. Byron wrote about the ball in his poem, Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage:
Ah! Then there was hurrying to and fro,
And gathering tears and tremblings of distress,
And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago
Blushed at the praise of their own loveliness;
And there were sudden partings such as press
The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs
Which ne’er might be repeated;who could guess
If ever more should meet those mutual eyes,
Since upon night so sweet such awful morn could rise!
