 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.  The Works of Lord Byron - Page 56by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1843Full view - About this book
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English drama - 1883 - 1162 pages
...writing's truth. The lamps around were bright, A stranger and a youth, He heard the king's command, few B His kingdom pass'd away, He, in the balance weigh'd, " Belshazzar's grave is made. His canopy the stone:... | |
 | Gems - 1884 - 408 pages
...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 and a youth, He...read it on that night- — The morrow proved it true ! Belshazzar's grave is made, His kingdom pass'd away, He, in the balance weigh'd, Is light and worthless... | |
 | Charles Martin Grant - Bible - 1885 - 324 pages
...men of age are wise and deep of lore ; But now they were not sage;, they saw — but knew no more. " A captive in the land, a stranger and a youth,* He...read it on that night : the morrow proved it true." * Byron, " Hebrew Melodies." + Daniel was carried captive in the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim... | |
 | John Jacob Anderson - History - 1885 - 556 pages
...; But now they were not sage. They saw — but knew no more. A captive* in the land, A stranger aud a youth, He heard the king's command, He saw that...read it on that night, — The morrow proved it true. " Belshazzar's grave is made, His kingdom pass'd away, He, in the balance wcigh'd, Is light aud worthless... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1885 - 224 pages
...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 and a youth, He...The lamps around were bright The prophecy in view ; lie read it on that night, — The morrow proved it true. " Belshazzar's grave is made, His kingdom... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1885 - 268 pages
...they were not sage, They saw — but knew no more. V. A captive in the land, A stranger and a youth, The lamps around were bright, The prophecy in view...read it on that night,— The morrow proved it true. " Belshazzar's grave is made, His kingdom pass'd away, He, in the balance weigh'd, Is light and worthless... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - American literature - 1888 - 712 pages
...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 and a youth, —...read it on that night, — The morrow proved it true. ' Belshazzar's grave is made, His kingdom passed away, He in the balance weighed, Is light and worthless... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1890 - 56 pages
...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 and a youth, He...read it on that night, — The morrow proved it true. "Belshazzar's grave is made, His kingdom pass'd away, He, in the balance weigh'd, Is light and worthless... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1890 - 54 pages
...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 and a youth, He...read it on that night, — The morrow proved it true. "Belshazzar's grave is made, His kingdom pass'd away, He, in the balance weigh'd, Is light and worthless... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1891 - 752 pages
...Babel's men of age Are wise and deep in lore ; But now they were not sage, They saw — but knew no more. Byron ' Belshazzar's grave is made, His kingdom pass'd away, He, in the balance weigh 'd, Is light and worthless... | |
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