. Stories from the Hebrew . de no more rejoice; All bloodless waxed his look,And tremulous his voice. u Let the men of lore appear,The wisest of the earth, THE VISION OF BELSHAZZAR 135 And expound the words of fear,Which mar our royal mirth. Chaldeas seers are good But here they have no skill;And the unknown letters stood, Untold and awful Babels men of age Are wise and deep in lore;But now they were not sage, They saw-—but knew no more. A captive in the land, A stranger and a youth,He heard the kings command, He saw that writings lamps around were bright The prophecy in vi
. Stories from the Hebrew . de no more rejoice; All bloodless waxed his look,And tremulous his voice. u Let the men of lore appear,The wisest of the earth, THE VISION OF BELSHAZZAR 135 And expound the words of fear,Which mar our royal mirth. Chaldeas seers are good But here they have no skill;And the unknown letters stood, Untold and awful Babels men of age Are wise and deep in lore;But now they were not sage, They saw-—but knew no more. A captive in the land, A stranger and a youth,He heard the kings command, He saw that writings lamps around were bright The prophecy in view;He read it on that night,— The morrow proved it true. Belshazzars grave is made,His kingdom passed away, He in the balance weighd,Is light and worthless clay. The shroud, his robe of state,His canopy, the stone; 136 STORIES FROM THE HEBREW The Mede is at his gate!The Persian on his throne! Lord Byron. Suggested Readings : Belshazzar . Bryan Waller Proctor (Barry Cornwall). To Belshazzar ...... Lord Byron. XXVI.—JOB. HERE was a man in theland of Uz whose namewas He was a per-fect and an upright manwhose delight was in thelaw of the Lord. He wasvery rich in sheep, camelsand oxen, and was greatest of all the men in the man had seven sons and three daughters. Thesehe loved much and prayed for daily. There were those who thought that Job loved Godjust because God had given him great riches and muchhappiness. But this was not true, as the history ofJob proves. Job ceased to be prosperous, and one byone misfortunes came. First his oxen were stolen andtheir drivers were slain; then his sheep and their shep-herds were struck by lightning ; then his camels werestolen; then a great wrind blew down the house inwhich his children were feasting, killing every one ofthem. But to these sorrows was added physical tor-ment, for Job was smitten with sore boils from the solesof his feet unto his crown. At this time, Jobs three friends, Eliphaz,2 the Tema- 1 Job = job. a El
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