My purpose I had surely died.

Those hopeful words the hermit spake,

That bid me live for Ráma's sake,

Dispel my anguish as the light

Of lamp and torch disperse the night.”

He ceased: and in the Vánars' view

Forth from his side young pinions grew,

And boundless rapture filled his breast

As thus the chieftains he addressed:

“Joy, joy! the pinions, which the Lord