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As the song concluded the streaentle sweep

round a bend of the river; and lo! on a broad lahich rose froreen slope to a clear elevation from which the

trees receded on all sides, stood a stately palace glihostly in

the hout of the whitest ht frolitter; only, as I said, a ghostly shimmer

Numberless shadows tempered the shine, froalleries ran along the face of the buildings;

wings were extended in h

which the moonbeams vanished into the interior, and which served

both for doors and s, had their separate balconies in front,

coallery that rose on its own pillars

Of course, I did not discover all this froh I was there for raphy of the building, so extensive and

complicated was it

Here I wished to land, but the boat had no oars on board However, I

found that a plank, serving for a seat, was unfastened, and with that I

brought the boat to the bank and scrambled on shore Deep soft turf sank

beneath my feet, as I went up the ascent towards the palace

When I reached it, I saw that it stood on a great platform of marble,

with an ascent, by broad stairs of the same, all round it Arrived on