Beneath it the interminable growl sounded pleasantly; softly shot the sparkle of the twisting water, and you might dream things half-fulfilled.

Knots of fern were about, but the tops of the mounds were firm grass, evidently well rolled, and with an eye to airy feet.
Olympus one eminence was called, Parnassus the other.

Olympus a little overlooked Parnassus, but Parnassus was broader and altogether better adapted for the games of the Muses.

Round the edges of both there was a well-trimmed bush of laurel, obscuring only the feet of the dancers from the observing gods.

For on Olympus the elders reclined.