Up sprang the prince and cried, forbear.

Saved from his wild assailant's blows

Again the Rákshas herald rose

And borne on light wings to the sky

Addressed Sugríva from on high:

“O Vánar Monarch, chief endued

With power and wonderous fortitude,

What answer is my king, the fear

And scourge of weeping worlds, to hear?”

“Go tell thy lord,” Sugríva cried,