Each hermit maiden with her sweet soft voice,

Shall soothe thy woe, and bid thy heart rejoice:

With fruit and early flowers thy lap shall fill,

And offer grain that springs for us at will.

And here, with labour light, thy task shall be

To water carefully each tender tree,

And learn how sweet a nursing mother's joy

Ere on thy bosom rest thy darling boy.…”

That very night the banished Sítá bare

Two royal children, most divinely fair.…