The next evening LALLA ROOKH was entreated by her Ladies to
continue the relation of her wonderful dream; but the fearful
interest that hung round the fate of HINDA and her lover had
completely removed every trace of it from her mind; --much to
the disappointment of a fair seer or two in her train, who
prided themselves on their skill in interpreting visions, and
who had already remarked, as an unlucky omen, that the Princess,
on the very morning after the dream, had worn a silk dyed with
the blossoms of the sorrowful tree, Nilica.[255]  FADLADEEN,
whose indignation had more than once broken out during the
recital of some parts of this heterodox poem, seemed at length
to have made up his mind to the infliction; and took his seat
this evening with all the patience of a martyr while the Poet
resumed his profane and seditious story as follows:--  To
tearless eyes and hearts at ease The leafy shores and sun-bright
seas That lay beneath that mountain's height Had been a fair
enchanting sight. 'Twas one of those am