And on the new-found monarch's head

Let consecrating drops be shed.”

He ceased; victorious Ráma bent

His head in token of assent.

He sat, and tonsors trimmed with care

His tangles of neglected hair

Then, duly bathed, the hero shone

With all his splendid raiment on.

And Sítá with the matrons' aid

Her limbs in shining robes arrayed,