 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.  The Works of Lord Byron - Page 55by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1843Full view - About this book
 | Charles Martin Grant - Bible - 1885 - 324 pages
...into the licentious hearts and drunken heads of the previously and profanely exultant crew : — " The monarch saw and shook, and bade no more rejoice...wisest of the earth, And expound the words of fear that mar our royal mirth.' ' ' Chaldaea's seers are good but here they have no skill, And the unknown... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1885 - 268 pages
...gold, In Judah deem'd divine — Jehovah's vessels hold II. In that same hour and hall, The fingers of a hand Came forth against the wall, And wrote as...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... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - 1885 - 752 pages
...And wrote as if on sand: The fingers of a man; — The fingers of a hand Came forth against the wall, g * g * The wisest of the earth, And expound the words of fear, And tremulous his voice. 'Let the men of lore... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - American literature - 1888 - 712 pages
...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...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... | |
 | John Miller Dow Meiklejohn - English language - 1887 - 266 pages
...language. (204. ) SET I. SECTION I. — Parse the words in italics in the following passages : — "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... | |
 | John Miller Dow Meiklejohn - English language - 1887 - 494 pages
...language. (204.) SET L : ; \ SECTION L — Parse the words in italics in the following passages : — "The monarch saw, and shook, '• And bade no more rejoice ; All bloodless waxed his look, i And tremulous his voice: Let the men of lore appear, The wisest of the earth, And... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1891 - 752 pages
...divine — Jehovah's vessels hold The godless Heathen's wine. In that same hour and hall, The fingers 91 1 Let the men of lore appear, The wisest of the earth, And expound the words of fear, Which mar our... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Nathan Haskell Dole - 1893 - 374 pages
...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...monarch saw, and shook, And bade no more rejoice; " Let the men of lore appear, The wisest of the earth And expound the words of fear Which mar our royal... | |
 | Henry Beebee Carrington - American literature - 1894 - 448 pages
...— Jehovah's vessels, — held 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 in sand ; The fingers of a man, a solitary hand, Along the letters ran, and traced them like a wand.... | |
 | Fasts and feasts - 1895 - 314 pages
...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...sand : The fingers of a man ; — A solitary hand Among the letters ran, And traced them like a wand. The monarch saw, and shook, And bade no more rejoice... | |
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