With spell-bound gaze—their eyes made dim
With fascination—now from him
From whom they had no power to go,
Did wander to the scene below,[356]
Where still,—though now the sun had gone—
To music soft, the dance went on:—
“Would’st thou, oh man, to pleasure blind,
Seeking a gift thou ne’er shalt find,
Led by a promise far astray[357]
Along that hard and narrow way,