The Alhambra . waters of the basin, and it was bordered by hedges ofroses. Passing from the court of the Alberca under a Moorisharchway, we entered the renowned court of Lions. No partof the edifice gives a more complete idea of its original beautythan this, for none has suffered so little from the ravages oftime. In the centre stands the fountain famous in song andstory. The alabaster basins still shed their diamond drops;the twelve lions which support them, and give the court itsname, still cast forth crystal streams as in the days of lions, however, are unworthy of their fame, b
The Alhambra . waters of the basin, and it was bordered by hedges ofroses. Passing from the court of the Alberca under a Moorisharchway, we entered the renowned court of Lions. No partof the edifice gives a more complete idea of its original beautythan this, for none has suffered so little from the ravages oftime. In the centre stands the fountain famous in song andstory. The alabaster basins still shed their diamond drops;the twelve lions which support them, and give the court itsname, still cast forth crystal streams as in the days of lions, however, are unworthy of their fame, being of miser-. -r^%ll-CT T- f 66 THE ALIIAMBRA able sculpture, the work probably of some Christian court is laid out in flower-beds, instead of its ancient and
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