No human voice, believe me, spoke

Those words thy causeless fear that woke.

Can he whose might can save in woe

The heavenly Gods e'er stoop so low,

And with those piteous accents call

For succour like a caitiff thrall?

And why should wandering giants choose

The accents of thy lord to use,

In alien tones my help to crave,

And cry aloud, O Lakshmaṇ, save?