 O'er that high festival. A thousand cups of gold, In Judah deem'd divine — Jehovah's vessels hold The godless Heathen's wine. In that same hour and hall, The fingers of a hand Came forth against the wall, And wrote as if on sand : The fingers of a man...  The Romance of Jewish History - Page 171by Celia Levetus, Marion Moss - 1840Full view - About this book
 | Henry William Dulcken - 1860 - 230 pages
...and fame, this great master of the English tongue devoted himself to the service of a , DANIEL v. HE king was on his throne, The satraps thronged the hall...Jehovah's vessels hold The godless Heathen's wine ! In that same hour and hall, The fingers of a hand Came forth against the wall, And wrote as if on... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1861 - 734 pages
...Forgetting what it was to die. VISION OF BELSHAZZAR. THE King was on his throne, The Satraps throng'd the hall. A thousand bright lamps shone O'er that high festival. A thousand cups of gold, In Judah deem'd divine — Jehovah's vessels hold The godless Heathen's wine. In that same hour and hall, The... | |
 | George Vandenhoff - 1862 - 382 pages
...old, poor, sightless, and disgraced, he retired to his hovel to die! BELSHAZZAR'S FEAST. — BYRQK. THE king was on his throne, The satraps thronged the...Jehovah's vessels — hold The godless heathen's wine. In that same hour and hall, The fingers of a hand Came forth against the wall, And wrote as if on sand... | |
 | John Charles Curtis - 1863 - 178 pages
...start, And binds them, as a blessed balm, To heal his lonely heart. VISION OF BELSHAZZAR.— Byron. THE King was on his throne, The Satraps thronged the...Jehovah's vessels hold The godless Heathen's wine. In that same hour and hall, The fingers of a hand Came forth against the wall, And wrote as if on sand... | |
 | Jacob Lowres - 1863 - 338 pages
...number of lines. Three feet iambic, or Trimeter verse. The king was on his throne, The satraps throng'd the hall ; A thousand bright lamps shone O'er that high festival. A thousand cups of gold, In Judah deem'd divine, — Jehovah's vessels, — hold The godless heathen's wine ! In that same hour and hall,... | |
 | Golden gleanings - 1863 - 342 pages
...in the glance of the Lord ! VISION OF BELSHAZZAR. The King was on his throne, The Satraps throng'd the hall : A thousand bright lamps shone O'er that high festival. A thousand cups of gold, In Judah deem'd divine — Jehovah's vessels hold The godless heathen's wine! Vision of Belshazzar. 5 i In that... | |
 | Daniel Cornish - 1863 - 172 pages
...lords. The elite of the empire were assembled at this royal banquet. " The king sat on his throne, His satraps thronged the hall ; A thousand bright lamps shone O'er that high festival." At this feast " they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God,... | |
 | 1867 - 396 pages
...yet the representation is a perfect whole, and every selected circumstance significant and awful ? ' The king was on his throne, The satraps thronged the hall; A thousand oright lamps shone In Judah deemed divine— Jehovah's vessels hold On that high festival. A thousand... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1866 - 292 pages
...thought shall fly; A nameless and eternal thing, Forgetting what it was to die. VISION OF BELSHAZZAE. i. THE King was on his throne, The Satraps thronged the...Jehovah's vessels hold The godless Heathen's wine. n. In that same hour and hall, The fingers of a hand Came forth against the wall, And wrote as if on... | |
 | Frances Martin - 1866 - 506 pages
...blood : Hush ! — a battle is lost, — and won ! Barry Cornwall. xxxV. VISION OF BELSHAZZAR. 'HE King was on his throne, The Satraps thronged the hall...Jehovah's vessels hold The godless Heathen's wine. In that same hour and hall The fingers of a Hand Came forth against the wall, And wrote as if on sand... | |
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