That righteous speech, whose every word

Bore virtue's stamp, the audience heard;

On Ráma every thought was set,

And with glad tears each eye was wet.

“Then, if the power I still should lack

To bring my noble brother back,

I in the wood will dwell, and share

His banishment with Lakshmaṇ there.

By every art persuasive I

To bring him from the wood will try,