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It was by far the loveliest scene in Ind	A
A deep sunk lonely vale 'tween verdant hills	B
That in eternal friendship seemed to hold	A
Communion with the changing skies above	C
Dark shady groves the haunts of shepherd boys	D
And wearied peasants in the midday noon	E
A lake that shone in lustre clear and bright	A
Like a pure Indian diamond set amidst	A
Green emeralds where every morn with songs	F
Of parted lovers that tempted blooming maids	G
With pitchers on their heads to stay and hear	H
Those songs the busy villagers of the vale	I
Their green fields watered that gave them sure hopes	J
Of future plenty and of future joys	D
Oh how uncertain man's sure hopes and joys	D
In this enchanted hollow that was scooped	A
For so it seemed by God's own mighty hand	A
Where Nature shower'd her richest gifts to make	K
Another paradise stood Krishnapore	H
With her two score and seven huts reared by	L
The patient labour of her simple men	M
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In this blest hamlet one there was that owned	A
Its richest lands beloved by all its men	M
Their friend in times of need their guide in life	N
Partaker of their joys and woes as well	O
The arbiter of all their petty strifes	P
By him his friend the village master lived	A
That at his door a group of children taught	A
A man he was well versed in ancient lore	H
And oft at night when ended was their toil	Q
The villagers with souls enraptured heard him	R
In fiery accents speak of Krishna's deeds	S
And Rama's warlike skill and wondered that	A
He knew so well the deities they adored	A
One only daughter this schoolmaster had	A
And Seeta was her name the prettiest maid	A
In all the village nursed by the fond cares	T
Of her indulgent sire and loved with all	U
The tender feelings that pure love inspires	V
By the rich villager's only son the heir	H
Of all his father's wealth the best at school	W
The boldest of the village youths at play	X
And the delight of all those that saw him	R
And these seemed such a fitting pair that oft	A
The secret whisper round the village ran	Y
That Seeta was to wed the rich man's son	Z
Thus in this Eden its blest inmates lived	A
And passed their days the villagers at the fields	A2
Their busy women at the blazing hearths	B2
The village master at his cottage door	H
And Rama and fair Seeta in true love	C
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Hither a monster came that slowly sucked	A
The vigour the very life of Krishnapore	H
The brilliant lustre of the diamond lake	K
The emerald greenness of the waving fields	A2
The shady groves and pleasant cottage grounds	C2
And all the beauties of the happy vale	I
Soon vanished imperceptibly as if	D2
Some unconsuming furnace underneath	E2
Had baked the earth and rendered it all bare	H
Until its inmates wandered desolate	A
With hollow cheeks sunk eyes and haggard faces	F2
Like walking skeletons pasted o'er with skin	G2
No more would blooming girls with pitchers laden	Z
Repair to the clear lake while curling smoke	H2
Rose from their cottage roofs no more at morn	I2
Would Rama be the first at school to see	J2
His Seeta deck her father's house with flowers	K2
No more at eve the village master pour	H
From Hindu lore the mighty deeds of gods	L2
To the delighted ears of simple men	M
For these have left their lands and their dear homes	M2
And Seeta with her father left her cot	A
And cast behind with a deep heavy sigh	L
One ling'ring look upon that vale where she	J2
Was born and fondly nursed where glided on	N2
Her days in pleasure and pure innocence	O2
Where Rama lived and loved her tenderly	J2
Her father died of hunger on the way	X
And the lone creature wandered in the streets	P2
Of towns from door to door and vainly begged	A
For food till some deep moved by the sad tales	Q2
Of the lone straggler safely lodged her in	G2
A famine camp where heavy laden with	R2
A double sorrow for her lover too	A
She thought had died her tedious life she spent	A
And days and weeks and months thus rolled away	X
Until at last her love for the dead youth	S2
Mysterious waned and like a shallow lamp	T2
Burnt in her breast with nothing to feed it	A
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One day the news went through the famine shed	A
That a lean youth plucked from the very arms	U2
Of cruel death was tenderly nursed there	H
And all its inmates hurried to the scene	V2
Poor Seeta saw the youth and that sad sight	A
She ne'er forgot the youth was in her mind	A
Too firmly rooted to be rooted out	A
Who ev'ry day in strength and beauty grew till he	J2
Appeared the fairest youth in all the camp	T2
First pity for the youth then love for him	R
Mysterious came to her until at last	A
The flick'ring flame shone sudden in her breast	A
This stranger I must wed for him I love	C
I know not how that pleasant face is like	W2
The face of him I dearly loved I see	J2
Appearing ev'ry day upon that face	X2
As if by magic wrought those beauties that	A
Were seated on dead Rama's face Thus mused	A
This maiden of the camp and the fair youth	S2
Thus kindled in her breast the hidden flame	Y2
Of love and fed it ever with new strength	Z2
Which shone again in all its purity	J2
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As the moon whose effulgence hidden lies	A3
When dimmed by clouds suddenly blazes forth	B3
And in her wonted beauty shines again	M
What time she darts into the cloudless vault	A
So shone again in lovely Seeta's breast	A
The lamp of love by clouds of sorrow dimmed	A
The smothered passion suddenly blazed forth	B3
In brighter lustre and to her returned	A
With double force as when the flaming fire	H
Is smothered when more fuel is on it thrown	C3
And straightway flames and gives a brighter light	A
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At last the monster left the land the camp	T2
Was broke its inmates left it for their homes	M2
England would that one of thy sons were there	H
To hear what words what blessings now burst from	D3
Their inward hearts for nursing them when they	X
From all estranged had poured into thine arms	U2
Poor Seeta hastened to the youth she loved	A
And to him with a gladdened heart thus spake	K
Her rosy lips just oped to speak were like	W2
A half blown rosebud blossoming all at once	O2
Such magic was wrought on her ere she spake	K
Kind stranger whither goest thou I am	E3
A lonely maiden and friends I have none	Z
And thee alone I trust as my safe guide	A
To Krishnapore	H
Dear maid thy sorrows cease	F3
My way now lies through Krishnapore fear not	A
I shall restore thee to thy home and friends	G3
Trust me as your safe guide and dearest friend	A
She overjoyed recounted to the youth	S2
Her tale how she her father's only hope	H3
And pride reluctant left their native vale	I
And cottage home how he died on the way	X
And she a lonely creature wandered in	G2
The streets from door to door and begged for food	A
How she was taken to the famine camp	T2
How he with hollow cheeks and sunken eyes	A3
Was brought one day and there nursed tenderly	J2
And how in beauty ev'ry day he grew	H
Until like her dead Rama he appeared	A
The village youth unable any more	H
Now to suppress him suddenly exclaimed	A
Look here whose name is on this arm tattooed	A
O Rama Krishna Govinda and all	U
Ye Gods that I adore ye have blest me	J2
This is the happiest moment in my life	N
And this the happiest spot in all the earth	I3
For now my long lost Rama I have found	A
So saying she intently gazed on him	R
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As a rich mine pours forth its hidden wealth	J3
To the delight of those that day and night	A
Court eagerly its treasures them t' enrich	K3
So from this lovely pair's deep mine of feelings	L3
What honeyed words escaped now through their lips	M3
To their intense joy better far than all	U
The treasures any ample mine bestows	N3
With sweet talk they beguiled their tedious way	X
The verdant hills sublime rose to the view	H
The broad lake glittered diamond like again	M
And wreathing smoke curled from the cottage roofs	O3
The lovely vale became the lovely vale	I
Again and all the long forgotten scenes	P3
In quick succession flowed before them both	Q3
And never was a happier marriage seen	V2
In all that happy vale of Krishnapore	H

Ramakrishna, T.

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