XI
by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
· (no date)
Published 01/07/1880
Part of Recollections of the Arabian Nights
With dazéd vision unawares
From the long alley's latticed shade
Emerged, I came upon the great
Pavilion of the Caliphat.[errata 1]
Right to the carven cedarn doors,
Flung inward over spangled floors,
Broadbaséd flights of marble stairs
Ran up with golden balustrade,
After the fashion of the time,
And humour of the golden prime
Of good Haroun Alraschid.