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First Line: Belshazzar had a letter
Last Line: On revelation's wall.
Subject(s): Bible; Conscience; Religion; Theology


Belshazzar had a letter,--
He never had but one;
Belshazzar's correspondent
Concluded and begun
In that immortal copy
The conscience of us all
Can read without its glasses
On revelation's wall.




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