To chase destruction from her plundered shore
With arts and arms that triumphed once before,
The tenth Avatar comes! at Heaven’s command
Shall Seriswattee[18] wave her hallowed wand!
And Camdeo[19] bright, and Ganesa[20] sublime,
Shall bless with joy their own propitious clime!—
Come, Heavenly Powers! primeval peace restore!
Love!—Mercy!—Wisdom!—rule for evermore!”
END OF THE FIRST PART.
[3] An error of the poet’s: Elijah did not ascend from Carmel, but from the eastern side of Jordan.—(See 2 Kings ii. 7-11.)