Category: Poetry
A poet of my native land has said-- The life the good and virtuous lead on earth Is like the black-eyed maiden of the East, Who paints the lids to look more bright and fair. The eyes may smart and water, but withal She loves to please them that behold her face. E'en so, my Mas...
Lo such the story of two human lives! To them, as happens oft, abundant share Of Nature's choicest gifts brought many ills. But noble lives are thus more noble made, As shining...
1. Chapter 1A poet of my native land has said-- The life the good and virtuous lead on earth Is like the black-eyed maiden of the East, Who paints the lids to look more bright and fair. The...
4. Chapter 4[Footnote 4: The allusion here is to the ancient custom of _Swayamvara_ (self-choice), which is the election of a husband by a princess or a daughter of a kshatriya at a public...
2. Chapter 2"If it is true," replied the crying maid, "That Sita followed Rama to the woods, And that she of the Pandus also shared With them their toils--if ever woman's charms Had power t...