Some fierce and foul, some fair to view.

He saw the grisly legions wait

In strictest watch at Rávaṇ's gate,

Whose palace on the mountain crest

Rose proudly towering o'er the rest,

Fenced with high ramparts from the foe,

And lotus-covered moats below.

But Hanumán, unhindered, found

Quick passage through the guarded bound,

Mid elephants of noblest breed,