And "Tekel" inscribed in blood.

No lesson of Nebuchadnezzar

Turned out with his swinish kin

Creeps in like a baneful vision

At the Babylonian din;

We have stilled the tongue of our Daniel

Lest sudden he rise and cry:

"Behold! thy kingdom is numbered;

This night shall Belshazzar die!"

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So it wouldn't be just to Belshazzar,

When speaking of madness and mirth,

To hold up his feast as a warning

To conscienceless sin in the earth,

For 'tis certain the King of Chaldea

Took note of the hand on the wall,

But here at the Feast of the Passions

We never take heed at all.

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