That very hour my life will end.”

The royal lady wounded through

The bosom with the darts that flew

Launched from the hump-back's tongue

Pressed both her hands upon her side,

And o'er and o'er again she cried

With wildering fury stung:

“Yes, it shall be thy task to tell

That I have hurried hence to dwell

In Yáma's realms of woe,