I long not for the coming morn.

Be kind and show some mercy: see,

My suppliant hands are raised to thee.

Nay, rather fly with swifter pace;

No longer would I see the face

Of Queen Kaikeyí, cruel, dread,

Who brings this woe upon mine head.”

Again with suppliant hands he tried

To move the queen, and wept and sighed:

“To me, unhappy me, inclined