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
| E L F. H - 1869 - 172 pages
..." Earth yawned, he stood the centre of a cloud, Light changed its hue retiring from his shroud." " A captive in the land, a stranger and a youth, He heard the king's command, he saw the writing's truth." 1. Divine food. 2. Divine prophetess. 3. Divine creation. 4. Pagan Italians.... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - Fore-edge painting - 1870 - 768 pages
...Babel's men of age Are wise and deep in lore ; But now they were not sage. They saw — but knew no more. " . 4 1 1 ' Belshazzar's grave is made, His kingdom pass'd away, He, in the balance weigh'd, Is light and worthless... | |
| Alexander Kennedy Isbister - Oratory - 1870 - 420 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... | |
| William Cox Bennett - 1870 - 202 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, 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 N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1872 - 292 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... | |
| Henry Llewellyn Williams - Recitations - 1872 - 218 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 heard the kind's command, He saw that writing's truth. The lamps around were bright, The prophecy in view ; He... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1873 - 384 pages
...of lore appear, The wisest of the earth, And expound the words of fear, Which mar our royal mirth." Chaldea's seers are good, But here they have no skill...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... | |
| John Celivergos Zachos - 1873 - 348 pages
...of lore appear, The wisest of the earth, And expound the words of fear, Which mar our royal mirth." Chaldea's seers are good, But here they have no skill;...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... | |
| Religious tract society - 1873 - 216 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. DANIEL. i87 " Belshazzar's grave is made, His kingdom passed away, He, in the balance weighed, Is light... | |
| Pádraig Ó Seaghdha - 1878 - 462 pages
...Untold and awful still. And Babel's men of age Are wise and deep in lore; Bnt now they were not sage, 5 A captive* in the land, A stranger and a youth, He...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... | |
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