LXXXIV + 

“Still ‘Bellanaine!’ they shouted, while we glide + 

’Slant to a light Ionic portico, + 

The city’s delicacy, and the pride + 

Of our Imperial Basilic; a row + 

Of lords and ladies, on each hand, make show + 

Submissive of knee-bent obeisance, + 

All down the steps; and, as we enter’d, lo! + 

The strangest sight⁠—the most unlook’d-for chance⁠— + 

All things turn’d topsy-turvy in a devil’s dance. + 