And so it was that, at the foot of the path which led down to this artificial lake, there might be seen, in its two tiers woven of trailing forget-me-nots below and of periwinkle flowers above, the natural, delicate, blue garland which binds the luminous, shadowed brows of water-nymphs; while the iris, its swords sweeping every way in regal profusion, stretched out over agrimony and water-growing king-cups the lilied sceptres, tattered glories of yellow and purple, of the kingdom of the lake.
Horrela, bada, urmael artifiziala gainditzen zuèn etorbidearen oinetan eratua zen, oroilore eta berenga-lorez txirikordaturiko bi mailatan, uren bekoki argi-iluna inguratzen zuèn koroa naturala, urguri eta urdina, zeinean gladioloak, bere ezpatak soraiotasun erregetiar batez makurtzen utziz, eupatorio eta ranunculus oin bustidunen gainerantz hedatzen baitzituen bere zetro aintziratarraren lirio piltzartuak, ubel eta horiak.