Supplies the place of sacred cord.[620]

And winds that in their caverns moan

Sound like the voice's undertone.[621]

From east to west red lightnings flash,

And, quivering neath the golden lash,

The great sky like a generous steed

Groans inly at each call to speed.

Yon lightning, as it flashes through

The giant cloud of sable hue,

Recalls my votaress Sítá pressed