Each woman bent her eager eye;

She looked for Ráma, but in vain;

Gazed on the car and shrieked for pain.

Their long clear eyes with sorrow drowned

They, when this common grief was found,

Looked each on other, friend and foe,

In sympathy of levelling woe:

No shade of difference between

Foe, friend, or neutral, there was seen.

Without a joy, her bosom rent