Float on, float on, thy shining lamp,
The light of love is there;
If lost beneath the waters damp,
That love must then despair.
Float on, beneath the moonlight float,
The sacred billows o’er;
Ah! some kind spirit guards my boat,
For it has gained the shore.
[27] Dewalee—Festival to Lakshmi, goddess of wealth and fortune.
[28] Mrs. Tayler, mother of Lady Hope Grant, then a young girl in England at school.
[29] 37th.
[30] Shere Singh, an unacknowledged son of Runjeet, “the Lion of the Punjab.”
[31] Dyhan Singh, vizier of the above.
[32] The Ranee Jinda, mother of Dhuleep. She was now Regent.
[33] Subsequently Sikh commander at the battle of Ferozeshah, December 21, 1845.
[34] Belonging to Luckimchund, at one time a Government contractor.