O'er rocks of glossy lazulite.

As his swift way the fiend pursued

Pale chariots of the Gods he viewed,

Bearing each lord whose rites austere

Had raised him to the heavenly sphere.

Thereon celestial garlands hung,

There music played and songs were sung.

Then bright Gandharvas met his view,

And heavenly nymphs, as on he flew.

He saw the sandal woods below,