 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 were bright, The prophecy in view; He read it on that night, — The morrow proved it true. " Belshazzar's grave is made, His kingdom...  The works of ... lord Byron - Página 187por George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1816Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1849 - 316 páginas
...around were bright, The prophecy in view ; He read it on that night, — The morrow proved it true. 5. " Belshazzar's grave is made, His kingdom passed away,...The Mede is at his gate ! The Persian on his throne !" QUESTIONS. — 1. Describe the festival mentioned in the first verge. 8 Whti appeared on the wall... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - 1842 - 352 páginas
...around were bright,, The prophecy in view ; He read it on that night,-— The morrow proved it true* " Belshazzar's grave is made, His kingdom passed away,...worthless clay. The shroud his robe of state, His canopy tiie stone ; ~* The Mede is at his gate f The Persian on his throne !" In the fifth chapter of the... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1843 - 576 páginas
...proved it true. VI. " Belshazzar's grave is made, His kingdom pass'd away, He, in the balance weigh'd, Is light and worthless clay. The shroud, his robe...Persian on his throne ! " SUN OF THE SLEEPLESS. SUN of the sleepless ! melancholy star ! Whose tearful beam glows tremulously far, That show'st the darkness... | |
 | Daniel Gardner - 1844 - 336 páginas
...conqueror Cyrus. " Belshazzar's grave is made, His kingdom pass'd away, He, in his balance weigh'd, Is light and worthless clay. The shroud his robe of...The Mede is at his gate, The Persian on his throne." Who knoweth the place of Babylon ? Where are her gates of brass — her lofty walls — her towering... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1845 - 312 páginas
...around were bright, The prophecy in view; He read it on that night, — The morrow proved it true. 6. "Belshazzar's grave is made, His kingdom passed away,...of state, His canopy, the stone; The Mede is at his crate ! The Persian on his throne!" ftrKRTiONB. — I. Describe the festival mentioned in the first... | |
 | 1876 - 818 páginas
...slain. " Belshazzar's grave is made, Hi- kingdom passed away. He, in the balance weighed, Is liirht and worthless clay : The shroud his robe of state ; His canopy the stone. Tin- Mi dt is at his gate, The Persian on his throne ! " — Dean Stanley. THE CHILD JESUS. A SERMON... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1842 - 316 páginas
...around were bright, The prophecy in view ; He read it on that night, — The morrow proved it true. 5. " Belshazzar's grave is made, His kingdom passed away,...The Mede is at his gate ! The Persian on his throne !" Q.GE.TIONS. — 1. Describe the festival mentioned in the first venw. ». WhU appeared on the wall... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1846 - 1068 páginas
...*tf A Lord Byron. " Belshazzar's grave is made, His kingdom pass'd away, He, in the balance weich'd, Is light and worthless clay. The shroud, his robe...Persian on his throne !" SUN OF THE SLEEPLESS! SUN of the sleepless! melancholy star! Whose tearful beam glows tremulously far, That show's! the darkness... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1848 - 428 páginas
...around were bright, The prophecy in view ; He read it on that night, — The morrow proved it true. " Belshazzar's grave is made, His kingdom passed away,...weighed, Is light and worthless clay. The shroud, bis robe of state, His canopy the stone ; The Mede is at his gate, The Persian on his throne." 18 «... | |
 | Frederick Walpole (hon.) - 1851 - 438 páginas
...nations following after these we know but dimly,—tradition, garlanded by poetry, our only guide. " Belshazzar's grave is made, His kingdom passed away;...The Mede is at his gate, The Persian on his throne." Fancy conjures up to the south a small and compact body of Greeks ; around them, at a distance, like... | |
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