Fresh to this hour nor change nor fade.

Here thou hast seen each lawn and dell,

And heard the tale I had to tell:

Permit thy servant, lord, I pray,

To cast this mortal shell away,

For I would dwell, this life resigned,

With those great saints of lofty mind,

Whom I within this holy shade

With reverential care obeyed.”

When Ráma and his brother heard