 | Readers - 1856 - 518 pages
...— A solitary hand Along the letters ran, And traced them like a wand. The monarch saw, and shook, And bade no more rejoice ; All bloodless waxed 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." Chaldea's... | |
 | Thomas Buckley Smith - 1858 - 310 pages
...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." Chaldea's seers are good, but here they have no skill ; And the unknown... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1859 - 614 pages
...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." Chaldea's seers are good, But here they have no skill ; And the unknown... | |
 | Warren P. Edgarton - Recitations - 1860 - 530 pages
...— A solitary hand Along the letters ran, And traced them like a wand. The monarch saw, and shook, And bade no more rejoice ; All bloodless waxed 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." Chaldea's... | |
 | Henry William Dulcken - 1860 - 230 pages
...letters ran, And traced them like a wand. The monarch saw and shook, And hade no more rejoice ; And bloodless waxed 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." court... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1861 - 734 pages
...bade no more rejoice ; All bloodless wax'd his look, Ami 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." Chaldea's seers are good, But here they have no skill : And the unknown... | |
 | George Vandenhoff - 1862 - 382 pages
...— A solitary hand Along the letters ran, And traced them like a wand. The monarch saw, and shook, And bade no more rejoice ; All bloodless waxed 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." Chaldea's... | |
 | John Charles Curtis - 1863 - 178 pages
...— A solitary hand Along the letters ran, And traced them like a wand. The monarch saw, and shook, And bade no more rejoice ; All bloodless waxed 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." Chaldea's... | |
 | Theology - 1867 - 396 pages
...wall, A solitary hand Along the letters ran, And traced them like a wand. ' The monarch saw and shook, And bade no more rejoice; All bloodless waxed his look, And tremulous his voice. ' Let men of lore appear, ' The wisest of the earth, ' And expound the words of fear, ' Which mar our royal... | |
 | Golden gleanings - 1863 - 342 pages
...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." Chaldea's seers are good, But here they have no skill ; And the unknown... | |
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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. 
