XIV

Six columns, three on either side,

Pure silver, underpropped a rich

Throne o' the massive ore, from which

Downdrooped, in many a floating fold,

Engarlanded and diapered

With inwrought flowers, a cloth of gold.

Thereon, his deep eye laughterstirred

With merriment of kingly pride,

Sole star of all that place and time,

I saw him—in his golden prime,

The Good Haroun Alraschid!