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Belshazzar: A Dramatic Poem by Henry Hart Milman. This ambitious verse drama reimagines the fall of Babylon from the vantage of sacred poets and royal players, blending biblical episodes with classical epic grandeur. Set in ancient Babylon, the poem follows Belshazzar, his mother Nitocris, and a host of priests, dreamers, and doomed courtiers as the city feasts while omens of doom gather. A Destroying Angel heralds judgment; the feast proceeds with gilded vessels looted from the Hebrew Temple, and Daniel of the Hebrews interprets prophetic signs that foretell conquest by the Medes and Persians. The narrative cycles through the halls, terraces, and streets as pride, sensual power, and superstition collide with the God of Israel and with the fate of a people in exile. In a climactic revelation, the handwriting on the wall proclaims doom; fire and ruin engulf the city, and Belshazzar perishes with his empire. Milman’s verse, rich in imagery and ceremonial cadence, interrogates power’s intoxication, obedience to divine law, and the cost of national pride, offering a meditation on judgment, memory, and the human cost of grandeur.
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