5. No fire had force enough to give light,nor did the flaming brilliance of the starssucceed in lighting up that gloomy night.
6. But only intermittent, fearful firesflashed through upon them;And in their terror they thought beholding these was worsethan the times when that sight was no longer to be seen.
7. And mockeries of their magic art failed,and there was a humiliating refutation of their vaunted shrewdness.