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see the pleasure you will derive fro the for, e,tell , can there be anythg ore delightful than to see, as iere, here now displayed before a vast lake of bubblg pitchwith a host of snakes and serpents and lizards, and ferocio andterrible creatures of all rts swig about it, while fro theiddle of the lake there es a pntive voice sayg: &039;knight,whoever thou art who beholdest this dread lake, if thou woulds the prize that lies hidden beneath these dky waves, prove thevalour of thy stout heart and cast thyself to the idst of itsdark burng waters, else thou shalt not be worthy to see the ightywonders ntaed the seven castles of the seven fays that liebeneath this black expanse;&039; and then the knight, alost ere the awfulvoice has ceased, without spg to nsider, without pag toreflect upon the danr to which he is exposg hiself, withouteven relievg hiself of the weight of his assive arour, ndghiself to god and to his lady, pns to the idst of theboilg lake, and when he little looks for it, or knows what hisfate is to be, he fds hiself aong flowery adows, with whichthe elysian fields are not to be pared the sky sees oretransparent there, and the sun shes with a stran brilliancy, and adelightful grove of green leafy trees presents itself to the eyesand 插rs the sight with its verdure, while the ear is othed by thesweet untutored lody of the untless birds of gay pa that flitto and fro aong the terlacg branches here he sees a brookwhose lipid waters, like liid crystal, ripple over fe