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A deep calm sea on the blue waters toiled	A
From morn till eve the simple fishermen	B
And on the beach there stood a group of huts	C
Before whose gates old men sat mending nets	D
And eyed with secret joy the little boys	E
That gaily gambolled on the sandy beach	F
Regardless of their parents' daily toils	G
And all the busy women left their homes	H
And their young ones with baskets on their heads	I
Filled with the finny treasures of the deep	J
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A thousand yards to landward rose a town	K
With its broad streets high roofs and busy marts	L
An ancient temple in the centre stood	M
Where to his servant Nandi once appeared	N
Great Siva it is said in human frame	O
E'en learned saints sang of the holy shrine	P
And to this sacred spot from far off lands	Q
For adoration countless pilgrims came	O
And men to buy all rarest things that poured	R
Into her busy marts from foreign parts	L
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Here in this ancient port of Nundipore	S
In royal splendour lived a merchant youth	T
Who scarce had reached his one and twentieth year	S
His aged father had but lately died	U
And left him the sole heir of all his wealth	V
And Rudra for that was the brave youth's name	O
Had heard from infant days full many tales	W
Of how his grandsire and his sire had braved	X
The perils of the deep in search of gold	Y
And in his bosom fondly nurtured hopes	Z
To travel likewise on the dang'rous sea	A2
And oft would he to Rati his fair wife	B2
Exulting tell how wisely he would trade	C2
In foreign shores and with rare gems return	D2
How even princes by those gems allured	E2
To court his friendship come from distant lands	Q
And he dictate his own high terms to them	F2
And thus add glory to his glorious house	G2
And often would she vainly plead in turn	D2
Her desolate position and her youth	T
And her dear lord implore upon her knees	H2
For ever to dismiss his cherished thoughts	I2
And turn to her and to their lordly wealth	V
Which God had given them to live in peace	J2
Thus wrangled for some months the timid wife	B2
And he whom woman's charms could not subdue	K2
Until at last arrived th' appointed day	L2
The little ship was waiting in the port	M2
And Rudra to his youthful wife repaired	N2
His purpose to disclose and as at times	O2
Clouds hover over us and darken all	P2
The sky for days and still no rain descends	Q2
But suddenly when least expected comes	R2
So she to whom her husband's parting lay	L2
In words saw it burst in reality	A2
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He said Dear Rati well thou knowest how	S2
I fondly wish to trade in distant realms	T2
The time has come for me to part from thee	A2
This morn a little ship was sighted here	S
And she is riding yonder on the sea	A2
And ere the setting sun sinks down to rest	U2
Into the western waves the little bark	V2
Now destined to take me will leave the port	M2
And I have therefore one but one short hour	S
'Tis willed by Him above that I should soon	W2
Bid farewell to the place where I was born	X2
Where all my thoughts for ever centred lie	Y2
Soon part from all that to my heart is dear	S
But soon come richer greater to my home	Z2
To spend my days in joy and happiness	A3
Dear wife allow me therefore to depart	B3
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To which the wife Dear husband sad it is	C3
To me to think that thou shouldst part from me	A2
But sadder still the thought that thou shouldst go	D3
On seas to roam in lands unknown and strange	E3
And canst not tell when to this spot return	D2
There is our lordly mansion here there is	C3
Our wealth and here I am thy youthful wife	B2
Why go away and risk thy precious life	B2
While we enjoy our days like king and queen	F3
Why leave me here to pine away in grief	G3
And loneliness Without my lord it is	C3
Half death to me and I would rather die	Y2
Than see him part hence banish from thy mind	H3
All thoughts of going and stay here with me	A2
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My wife he said why cherish idle fears	I3
The holy Brahmin whom thou knowest well	J3
So deeply versed in all the starry lore	S
Tells me that I am fated to return	D2
It is an evil omen that thou shouldst	H3
Lamenting hinder me at this last hour	S
And tell me not to go Send me away	L2
With thy good wishes I will soon return	D2
By Him above that rules man's destinies	H2
By mother earth by yonder setting sun	K3
The moon that shines up in the starry heav'ns	H2
By all that to his heart is sacred deemed	H3
And lastly by his sire whose picture hangs	H2
On the wall there thy husband Rudra swears	H2
That after he returns he'll stay with thee	A2
And nevermore e'en think of leaving thee	A2
And let him therefore go in peace of mind	H3
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If it is true replied the crying maid	H3
That Sita followed Rama to the woods	H2
And that she of the Pandus also shared	H3
With them their toils if ever woman's charms	H2
Had power to move the adamantine heart	H3
Of man then let thy Rati go with thee	A2
To share with thee thy joys and woes as well	J3
If thou shouldst go alone remember then	L3
Dear lord the sin rests solely on thy head	H3
That a young maiden has been left alone	M3
To mourn for ever for her husband on	N3
The seas and all for gold and for a name	O
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A name thou sayest never never would	H3
Thy Rudra die unhonoured and unknown	M3
And bear the evil name and the reproach	O3
For ever with his sons and his sons' sons	H2
That of his old illustrious family	A2
He was the only one that feared to go	D3
Upon the sea The sun is going down	K
And cruel darkness is invading fast	H3
On us and soon the ship will leave the port	H3
Within a year thou shalt see me again	L3
But if 'tis ruled by God that I should not	H3
Return to one thing listen ere I go	D3
To soothe thy spirits in a few short months	H2
An infant will be lying on thy lap	P3
And if a daughter she should be let her	S
Be married to one worthy of our race	H2
But if a son is born tend him with care	S
When he grows old let it be said of him	Q3
That he is his lost father's worthy son	K3
And when the few last awful words were spoke	R3
The frighted wife that stood supported by	Y2
Her lord at once grew pale and motionless	H2
As one that watched with anxious care the growth	S3
Of a young tendril slowly fixes it	H3
Upon a new and stronger prop e'en so	D3
Brave Rudra extricated himself from	T3
Her grasp and gently placed her on the couch	U3
Then gazed on her for a few moments with	V3
His hands upon her throbbing temples kissed	H3
Her brow and straightway vanished from the room	W3
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And now the little ship in which he sailed	H3
Safe bore the crew along the wat'ry waste	H3
And after twenty days' fast sailing she	A2
Encountered on the way a storm was wrecked	H3
And all save Rudra perished in the waves	H2
The shipwrecked merchant lost all that he had	H3
And wandered through a distant country with	V3
No friends no money but his hands to earn	D2
For him his daily bread the lonely youth	T
Thus dragged for years his miserable life	B2
With nothing to make it worth living save	X3
The hope the only hope to see his wife	B2
Till at the end of twenty years a ship	Y3
Was sighted that was bound for Nundipore	S
In it he sailed and safely landed in	B
His native port It was the midday noon	W2
He saw the selfsame fishing village that	H3
Stood years ago upon the sandy beach	F
And with a joyful heart he hastened to	H3
His house which all deserted seemed inside	H3
With falt'ring steps he went and on the walls	H2
Of the big hall were hanging pictures of	Z3
His sire of Krishna playing on the flute	H3
Of Rama Siva and the other gods	H2
Whom in his childhood days his house adored	H3
And seemed as they were drawn but yesterday	L2
A thousand other old familiar scenes	H2
In quick succession passed before his eyes	H2
Then quickly passed into a room where lo	D3
There slept a youth and she for whom for years	H2
Life's toils he patient bore As one born blind	H3
Had after years of pray'r the gift of sight	H3
Vouchsafed to him by God his Maker to	H3
Behold the beauties of the universe	H2
His wife his children and those dear to him	Q3
But straightway feels the precious gift withdrawn	A4
Or as a lonely bird that unawares	H2
Has wandered far into the deep blue sea	A2
Finds nothing but a wat'ry waste all round	H3
And knows not where to rest its wearied limbs	H2
But at a distance kens at last a ship	Y3
To which with doubled speed it flies and flies	H2
And there discerns a seaman with his bow	S2
Preventing it from sitting on the mast	H3
So Rudra felt Is this my wife he thought	H3
Yes by the mole upon her cheek she is	H2
And beauty spite of age still lingers on	N3
Her face and this fair youth attracted by	Y2
Her charms came here Why hast Thou brought me home	Z2
O God why was I not drowned in the sea	A2
Why did I leave that distant country where	S
These twenty years I toiled for bread and lived	H3
And why was I not spared this ghastly sight	H3
No Rati never would thy husband bear	S
To see thee lying with another man	B4
First he will kill you both then die himself	C4
So saying from a sheath a blade he drew	H3
When lo there fell the piece of a palm leaf	G3
Whereon were writ think well before you do	H3
This is he said my father's dying gift	H3
By the advice here giv'n I will abide	H3
Then woke his wife and in firm tones thus asked	H3
Who is this youth that has defiled my bed	H3
Speak ere I strike you both The wond'ring wife	B2
The dagger and the stranger saw and cried	H3
Kill me alone but spare my only son	K3
Thy only son he said now wake him up	D4
And let us all adore our Maker first	H3
Who saved us from my frenzy which in one	K3
Short moment would have shattered all our bliss	H2