For all as yet has prospered well,

And we have traced thy queen, and know

The dwelling of our Rákshas foe.

Arise, consult: thy task must be

To cast a bridge athwart the sea,

The city of our foe to reach

That crowns the mountain by the beach;

And when our feet that isle shall tread,

Rejoice and deem thy foeman dead.

The sea unbridged, his walls defy