Sacred Records Etc. in Verse (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1872. Excerpt: ... "And the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.: Daniel V. 5. TT was a glorious evening, TV. moon unclouded shone In .-idr peerless majesty On ancient Babylon: In shadowy grandeur lying, With many an airy height Of terrace, obelisk, and tower Steeped in the clear moonlight. On the lovely hanging gardens That silvery moonshine falls 'Mid sparkling fountains, grassy glades, 'Mid stately palms and cedar shades, Within the city walls, On palace, temple, battlements--. All now to ruin hurled, One vast and splendid city, The wonder of the world. Of great renown was Nineveh, As old historians tell, And glorious was Jerusalem Before her temple fell; But from the snows of Scythia To India's burning clime, No spot could vie with Babylon At that eventful time. Three hundred feet uprising The wide-spread city round, Full sixty miles her walls enclosed Within their lofty bound; And on their solid ramparts, Their ramparts broad and strong, With ease six lordly chariots Abreast might pass along. In wealth, and strength, and splendour, What city could surpass That glory of the kingdoms, With her hundred gates of brass 1 Where the famous old Euphrates, In deep majestic pride, Eight through the golden city Kolled on his mighty tide. That night the king Belshazzar, In reckless pride elate, Proud of his countless treasures, His grandeur, and his state: Proud of his vast dominions, And his imperial sway, Shamed all his former splendour With arrogant display. And glorious was that festival, If mortal pride may claim For those the term of glorious Who glory in their shame. For a thousand of his satraps The festival was made, A thousand lords of Babylon In gorgeous robes arrayed. The proud Chaldean monarch Sat in his gilded hall, And by his lords surrounded Drank wine before...