Of the departing sun. The golden haze

Of the red western sky fell warm and bright

Into that chamber large and lone: the blaze

Touch'd slantingly curtain and couch, and threw

A glory over many an antique gem,

Won from the entombed cities that once grew

At the volcano's foot. Mingled with them

Stood crystal bowls, through which the broken ray

Fell like a shower of precious stones, and lay

Reflected upon marble; these were crown'd