Its massy walls of unhewn agate towered,

Girt by a colonnade of crysolite;

And there were ninety columns of huge bulk,

Sustaining an entablature of gold,

Diamond and ruby, glittering like the sun.

The windows were each one a double plate

Of spacious crystal, sliding from the touch

Each side in golden frames. The portico

Hung o’er a flight of alabaster steps,

Extending to a lawn of delicate moss,