Canto XLVII. The Return.

Thus forth in quest of Sítá went

The legions King Sugríva sent.

To many a distant town they hied

By many a lake and river's side.

As their great sovereign's order taught,

Through valleys, plains, and groves they sought.

They toiled unresting through the day:

At night upon the ground they lay

Where the tall trees, whose branches swayed