Toru Dutt
"Ho! Master of the wondrous art! Instruct me in fair archery, And buy for aye,--a grateful heart
Not dead,--oh no,--she cannot die! Only a swoon, from loss of blood! Levite England passes her by,
"Shell-bracelets ho! Shell-bracelets ho! Fair maids and matrons come and buy!" Along the road, in morning's glow,
"Hark! Lakshman! Hark, again that cry! It is,--it is my husband's voice! Oh hasten, to his succour fly,
Near Hastings, on the shingle-beach, We loitered at the time When ripens on the wall the peach,
Wavered the foremost soldiers,--then fell back. Fallen was their leader, and loomed right before The sullen Prussian cannon, grim and black,
Like a huge Python, winding round and round The rugged trunk, indented deep with scars Up to its very summit near the stars,
A terror both of gods and men Was Heerun Kasyapu, the king; No bear more sullen in its den,
Three happy children in a darkened room! What do they gaze on with wide-open eyes? A dense, dense forest, where no sunbeam pries,
Savitri was the only child Of Madra's wise and mighty king; Stern warriors, when they saw her, smiled,
Great joy in Madra. Blow the shell The marriage over to declare! And now to forest-shades where dwell
Death in his palace holds his court, His messengers move to and fro, Each of his mission makes report,
As still Savitri sat beside Her husband dying,--dying fast, She saw a stranger slowly glide
As consciousness came slowly back He recognised his loving wife-- "Who was it, Love, through regions black
Part I. Deep in the forest shades there dwelt A Muni and his wife,
A sea of foliage girds our garden round, But not a sea of dull unvaried green, Sharp contrasts of all colours here are seen;
Love came to Flora asking for a flower That would of flowers be undisputed queen, The lily and the rose, long, long had been
Vishnu Purana. Book I. Chapter XI. Sprung from great Brahma, Manu had two sons, Heroic and devout, as I have said,
Broad daylight, with a sense of weariness! Mine eyes were closed, but I was not asleep, My hand was in my father's, and I felt
