The RÁMÁYAN of VÁLMÍKI - Part 2 - 33

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33Canto XXXIII. The People's Lament.Thus Sítá and the princes brave Much wealth to all the Bráhmans gave. Then to the monarch's house the three Went forth the aged king to see. The princes from two servants took Those heavenly arms of glorious look, Adorned with garland and with band By Sítá's beautifying hand. On each high house a mournful throng Had gathered ere they passed along, Who gazed in pure unselfish woe From turret, roof, and portico. So dense the crowd that blocked the ways, The rest, unable there to gaze, Were fain each terrace to ascend, And thence their eyes