 Chaldea's seers are good, But here they have no skill ; And the unknown letters stood Untold and awful still. And Babel's men of age Are wise and deep in lore ; But now they were not sage, They saw — but knew no more. A captive in the land, A stranger...  Hebrew Melodies - Σελίδα 35των George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1815 - 53 σελίδεςΠλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | Henry Cabot Lodge - 1880 - 408 σελίδες
...sage, They saw — but knew no more. A captive in the land, A stranger and a youth, He heard the King's command, He saw that writing's truth. The lamps around...made, His kingdom pass'd away, He, in the balance weigh'd, Is light and worthless clay. The shroud his robe of state, His canopy the stone; The Mede... | |
 | mrs. William Thomas Greenup - 1880 - 328 σελίδες
...knew no more. A captive in the land, a stranger and a youth, He heard the king's command, he saw the writing's truth. The lamps around were bright, the...it true. ' Belshazzar's grave is made, his kingdom passed away, He, in the balance weighed, is light and worthless clay; The shroud his robe of state,... | |
 | New national reading books - 1880 - 296 σελίδες
...They saw — but knew no more. 5. A captive in the land, A stranger and a youth, He heard the king's command, He saw that writing's truth : The lamps around...read it on that night — The morrow proved it true ! 6. ' Belshazzar's grave is made, His kingdom passed away; He, in the balance weighed, Is light and... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1880 - 630 σελίδες
...and a youth, He heard the kind's command, He saw that writing's truth. The lamps around were hright, peak not — hreathe halance weigh'd, Is light and worthless clay ; The shroud his rohe of state, His canopy the stone ;... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1880 - 488 σελίδες
...land, A stranger and a youth, — He heard the king's command, He saw that writing's truth. The lumps around were bright, The prophecy in view: He read...it true. " Belshazzar's grave is made, His kingdom passed away, He in the balance weighed, Is light and worthless clay. The shroud, his robe of state;... | |
 | Horace Hills Morgan - 1880 - 476 σελίδες
...no more. A captive in the land, A stranger and a youth, He heard the King's command, tts He saw the writing's truth. The lamps around were bright, The...read it on that night, — The morrow proved it true. *o " Belshazzar's grave is made, His kingdom pass'd away, He in the balance weigh'd Is light and worthless... | |
 | Excelsior poetry book - 1880 - 234 σελίδες
...knew no more. A captive in the land, A stranger and a youth, He heard the king's command, He saw the writing's truth. The lamps around were bright, The prophecy in view ; He read it on that night, — Belshazzar's grave is made, His kingdom passed away ) He, in the balance weighed, ls light and... | |
 | Horace Hills Morgan - 1880 - 474 σελίδες
...around were bright, The prophecy in view ; He read it on that night, — The morrow proved it true. 40 "Belshazzar's grave is made, His kingdom pass'd away, He in the balance weigh'd Is light and worthless clay. 20 . 45 306 LORD BYRON. The shroud, his robe of state, His canopy,... | |
 | David Munro - 1881 - 160 σελίδες
...sage, They saw—but knew no more. A captive in the land, A stranger and a youth, He heard the king's command, He saw that writing's truth, The lamps around...made, His kingdom pass'd away, He, in the balance weigh'd, Is light and worthless clay, The shroud, his robe of state, His canopy the stone: The Mede... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1881 - 800 σελίδες
...They saw — but knew no more. A captive in the land, A stranger and a. youth, He heard the king's m link'd by kindred ties ! Oft in the progress of some fleeting dream Fraternal ' Bclshazzar's grave is made, His kingdom pass'd away, He. in the balance weigh'd, Is light and worthless... | |
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