 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
 | Ernest Clark Hartwell - Readers - 1921 - 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, •»...bright, The prophecy in view : He read it on that night — • *s The morrow proved it true. " Belshazzar's grave is made, His kingdom passed away, He, in... | |
 | Charles Herbert Sylvester - Anthologies - 1922 - 518 pages
...God which was at Jerusalem.'' 3. The terms Chaldca and Babylonia were used practically synonymously. A Captive in the land, A stranger and a youth, He...the king's command, He saw that writing's truth; THE WRITING ON THE WALL The lamps around were bright, The prophecy in view; "Belshazzar's grave is made,... | |
 | 1927 - 486 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... | |
 | Hendrik Poutsma - English language - 1928 - 570 pages
...of the subject, the nouns with which it opens being predicative adnominal adjuncts to the subject : A captive in the land, | A stranger and a youth, | He heard the king's command. BYRON, Vision of Belshazzar, V. 42. The subject which is repeated in the shape of a pronoun may also... | |
 | Poetry - 1982 - 348 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 passed away, He, in the balance weighed, Is light and worthless... | |
 | George Gordon Byron - Poetry - 1994 - 884 pages
...men of age Are wise and deep in lore ; But now they were not sage, They saw — bat knew no more V. I was cart, To act troth. The lamps around were bright. The prophecy in view ; He read it on that night, — The morrow... | |
 | 196 pages
...men of age Are wise and deep in lore ; But now they were not sage, They saw — but knew no more. v. A captive in the land, A stranger and a youth, He...read it on that night, — The morrow proved it true. w. II. vI. " Belshazzar's grave is made, His kingdom pass'd away, He, in the balance weigh'd, Is light... | |
 | Shilleto Richard - 2019 - 464 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... | |
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