Scenes from the Ramayan, EtcTrübner & Company, 1868 - 196 pages |
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... spirit of my author and , if possible , to be readable , than to translate as closely as I might have done . The Messenger Cloud is the work of Kalidasa , the poet of sweet Sakontala . If Professor H. H Wilson's graceful version of this ...
... spirit of my author and , if possible , to be readable , than to translate as closely as I might have done . The Messenger Cloud is the work of Kalidasa , the poet of sweet Sakontala . If Professor H. H Wilson's graceful version of this ...
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... spirit longs for rest ; For many thousand years have o'er me flown , " And many generations round me grown And past away . No longer can I bear The ruler's labour and the judge's care , The royal power and dignity , a weight Too vast ...
... spirit longs for rest ; For many thousand years have o'er me flown , " And many generations round me grown And past away . No longer can I bear The ruler's labour and the judge's care , The royal power and dignity , a weight Too vast ...
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... spirit stirred , As the queen lay upon her sumptuous bed Like sacred fire upon the altar fed : " Mistress , arise , the glorious plot complete : Let the king find thee in thy dark retreat . No prudent builder will the bridge delay Till ...
... spirit stirred , As the queen lay upon her sumptuous bed Like sacred fire upon the altar fed : " Mistress , arise , the glorious plot complete : Let the king find thee in thy dark retreat . No prudent builder will the bridge delay Till ...
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... spirits lead . May Virtue ever on thy steps attend , And thee , her lover , from all woe defend . May all the Gods to whom thy vows are paid , And all the mighty saints afford their aid . The heavenly arms , that Viswamitra ' gave , Thy ...
... spirits lead . May Virtue ever on thy steps attend , And thee , her lover , from all woe defend . May all the Gods to whom thy vows are paid , And all the mighty saints afford their aid . The heavenly arms , that Viswamitra ' gave , Thy ...
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... spirit fill As glad obedience to a father's will . Come to the wood and aid my duties there , But first at home thy helping hand prepare . Arise , dear wife , nor let thy steps be slow , Scatter our treasures quickly ere we go . Bring ...
... spirit fill As glad obedience to a father's will . Come to the wood and aid my duties there , But first at home thy helping hand prepare . Arise , dear wife , nor let thy steps be slow , Scatter our treasures quickly ere we go . Bring ...
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ancient Anno Domini arms art thou Ayodhya banishment beauty Bharat bless bosom Brahma breast brow Chinese cloth Cloud College cried crown dark darling Dasaratha dear deed DICTIONARY earth Edited elephant English eyes F. J. FURNIVALL fair fate father fear FITZEDWARD HALL flame flowers forest gems gentle giant glorious glory Gods gold GRAMMAR H. H. WILSON heart heaven heavenly hermit's Hindu holy honour India Indra's Kaikeyi Kausalya king Kumbhakarna lady Lakshman Language London lord maid MARTIN HAUG mighty monarch moon mother mountain mourn ne'er noble o'er poem prince Professor queen rain Rama Rama's Ramayana Ravan Royal Asiatic Society saint Sanskrit sewed Sita Siva sorrow soul stream Swarga sweet tender thee THEODOR GOLDSTÜCKER thine thou art thou hast throne Translated tree trembling Trübner Vishnu voice W. W. SKEAT wander waters weeping wife wild wood words
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