My spirit brooks no more delay.”

Thus spake Sumitrá's son, and then

Forth from the grove the king of men

With his dear brother by his side

To Pampá's lucid waters hied.

He gazed upon the woods where grew

Trees rich in flowers of every hue.

From brake and dell on every side

The curlew and the peacock cried,

And flocks of screaming parrots made