The hazardous soul, it bore a subtle lure
Touching the deepest founts of high desire.
Stretched on my Left, thus did it seem to me,
Broadly a rich demesne lay, liberal
And affluent, in spacious festival
Arrayed. Mirth and the wealth of song
Swelled thro’ its gaily caparisoned cope,
Whose portals swung wide ope—
Falling upon my ears in ribaldry
And merry laughter lewd: