From slaughtered fiends o'er path and road.

Canto XLVI. The Captains.

Mad with the rage of injured pride

King Rávaṇ summoned to his side

The valiant five who led his host,

Supreme in war and honoured most.

“Go forth,” he cried, “with car and steed,

And to my feet this monkey lead,

But watch each chance of time and place