They thanked him for this，and Taj alMuluk ceased not to wash him and to pour water over him and he thought his soul in Paradise.When they had made an end of his service，he blessed them and sat by the side of the Wazir，talking but gazing the while on the youths.Presently，the servants brought them towels，and they dried themselves and donned their dress.Then they went out，and the Minister turned to the Syndic and said to him，'O my lord！ verily the bath is the Paradise[21] of this world.'Replied the Overseer，'Allah vouchsafe to thee such Paradise，and health to thy sons and guard them from the evil eye！ Do ye remember aught that the eloquent have said in praise of the bath.？'Quoth Taj alMuluk，'I will repeat for thee a pair of couplets；'and he recited，The life of the bath is the joy of man's life，[22]Save that time is short for us there to bide：
A Heaven where irksome it were to stay；A Hell，delightful at enteringtide.'
When he ended his recital，quoth Aziz，'And I also remember two couplets in praise of the bath.'The Overseer said，'Let me hear them，'so he repeated the following，'A house where flowers from stones of granite grow，Seen at its best when hot with living lows：
Thou deem'st it Hell but here，forsooth，is Heaven，And some like suns and moons within it show.'
And when he had ended his recital，his verses pleased the Overseer and he wondered at his words and savoured their grace and fecundity and said to them，'By Allah，ye possess both beauty and eloquence.But now listen to me，you twain！'And he began chanting，and recited in song the following verses，'O joy of Hell and Heaven！ whose tormentry Enquickens frame and soul with lively gree：
I marvel so delightsome house to view，And most when 'neath it kindled fires I see：
Sojourn of bliss to visitors，withal Pools on them pour down tears unceasingly.'
Then his eyesight roamed and browsed on the gardens of their beauty and he repeated these two couplets，'I went to the house of the keeperman；He was out，but others to smile began：