gain in fair Ayodhyá dwell.”

Thus Bharat stood with many a sigh

Lamenting, and the night went by.

Soon as the morning light shone fair

In votive coils both bound their hair.

And then I sent them safely o'er

And left them on the farther shore.

With Sítá then they onward passed,

Their coats of bark about them cast,

Their locks like hermits' bound,