Her glory gone, once bright and glad:

Of joy and beauty reft, forlorn,

In silent grief she seems to mourn.”

Canto CXIV. Bharat's Departure.

Deep, pleasant was the chariot's sound

As royal Bharat, far renowned,

Whirled by his mettled coursers fast

Within Ayodhyá's city passed.

There dark and drear was every home