Now, with full hearts, they reach the calm retreat,
And cordial welcome from King Bela meet.
END OF FIRST CANTO.
The Fall of Sodom—Canto Second.
From Bera's palace, and from Sodom's shrine,
A thousand scintillating rays of beauty shine;
The gorgeous parapets of beaten burnished gold
Enlightened fancy can with awe behold.
Those marble walls of rainbow-tinted hue,
Please and instruct and yet astound the view.