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HEBREW MELODIES.
II.In that same hour and hall, The fingers of a handCame forth against the wall, And wrote as if on sand:The fingers of a man;— A solitary handAlong 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."
