On every side a fountain gushed, whose waters pure and fair

Ice-cold beneath the summer sun, but warm in winter were.

There on the thick and shadowy trees, amid the foliage green,

Were the fig and the pomegranate, the pear and apple seen,

And other fruits of various kinds, the tufted leaves between;

None were unpleasant to the taste and none decayed, I ween.

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