Note Page 195 — VATHEK: AN ARABIAN TALE BY WILLIAM BECKFORD (continued 2)
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The second was styled The Temple of Melody, or the Nectar of the Soul. It was inhabited by the most skilful musicians and admired poets of the time; who not only displayed their talents within, but dispersing in bands without, caused every surrounding scene to reverberate their songs, which were continually varied in the most delightful succession.*