Tonight a shimmer of gold lies mantled o'er br Smooth lovely Ocean. Through the lustrous gloom br A savor steals from linden trees in bloom br And gardens ranged at many a palace door. br Proud walls rise here, and, where the moonbeams pour br Their pale enchantment down the dim coast-line, br Terrace and lawn, trim hedge and flowering vine, br Crown with fair culture all the sounding shore.