[“But thy doom is fixed, thou Cruel One, and even now the avenger’s hand is at the door. Behold, and tremble!”]

[Then pressing the golden casket unto his breast, he spake unto God in his grief]

[Then in graceful circles she swept slowly down unto the wondering father]

[The two rode side by side into Zabulistan]

[Mad with pain, he sprang at Rustem like a wild elephant]

[And finally, in his perplexity, he consulted his astrologers]

[The days passed for both like a happy dream]

[They drew their long Indian swords and fell to work again]

[At evening they came unto a vast wood, reaching many leagues]

[Seated beside it a youth like unto a royal cypress]