Hebrew Melodies Author:Baron George Gordon Byron Byron General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1815 Original Publisher: J. Murray Subjects: Bookbinders Jews History / Jewish Literary Criticism / Poetry Poetry / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Social Science / Jewish Studies Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustration... more »s and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: 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! II. 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; -- A solitary hand Along the letters ran, And traced them like a wand. III. The monarch saw, and shook, And bade no more rejoice; All bloodless wax'd his look, And tremulous his voice. " Let the men of lore appear, " The wisest of the earth, " And expound the words of fear, " Which mar our royal mirth." IV. 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. V. 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. r2VI. " Belshazzar's grave is made, " His kingdum pass'd away, " He in the balance weighed, " Is light and worthless clay. " The shroud, his robe of state, " His canopy, the stone; " The Mede is at his gate! " The Persian on his throne!" SUN OF THE SLEEPLESS! Sun OF The Sleepless! melanchol...« less