And tower and wall and rampart shook.

The giants heard, and were appalled:

Then Raghu's son to Angad called,

And, led by kingly duty,[950] gave

This order merciful as brave:

“Go, Angad, Rávaṇ's presence seek,

And thus my words of warning speak:

“How art thou changed and fallen now,

O Monarch of the giants, thou

Whose impious fury would not spare