I ne'er again would look on thee;

Ne'er from this day have aught to do

With thee and all thy retinue;

Thee whom no virtuous thoughts restrain,

Whose selfish heart seeks only gain.

The hand I laid in mine, O dame,

The steps we took around the flame,[317]

And all that links thy life to mine

Here and hereafter I resign.

If Bharat too, thy darling son,