Canto LXII. Dasaratha Consoled.

The queen's stern speech the monarch heard,

As rage and grief her bosom stirred,

And by his anguish sore oppressed

Reflected in his secret breast.

Fainting and sad, with woe distraught,

He wandered in a maze of thought;

At length the queller of the foe

Grew conscious, rallying from his woe.