None from these lips has ever heard,

None e'er shall hear, one lying word.

Again I promise and declare,

Yea, by my truth, dear friend, I swear.”

Then glad was King Sugríva's breast,

And all his lords their joy confessed,

Stirred by sure hope of Ráma's aid,

And promise which the prince had made.

Canto VIII. Ráma's Promise.