From King Mahendra's firmament.

Canto LXVII. Ráma Appeased.

As Ráma, pierced by sorrow's sting,

Lamented like a helpless thing,

And by his mighty woe distraught

Was lost in maze of troubled thought,

Sumitrá's son with loving care

Consoled him in his wild despair,

And while his feet he gently pressed