The City Decorated Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BB CD EE FF GG CD HH EE FF II JJ CC KK LL JJ MN EE JJ OP GG QQ EE GG QQ GG RR SS TT| With his consort pious Rama pure in deed and pure in thought | A |
| After evening's due ablutions NARAYANA'S chamber sought | A |
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| Prayed unto the Lord of Creatures NARAYANA Ancient Sire | B |
| Placed his offering on his forehead poured it on the lighted fire | B |
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| Piously partook the remnant sought for NARAYANA'S aid | C |
| As he kept his fast and vigils on the grass of kusa spread | D |
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| With her lord the saintly Sita silent passed the sacred night | E |
| Contemplating World's Preserver Lord of Heaven's ethereal height | E |
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| And within the sacred chamber on the grass of kusa lay | F |
| Till the crimson streaks of morning ushered in the festive day | F |
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| Till the royal bards and minstrels chanted forth the morning call | G |
| Healing through the holy chamber echoing through the roval hall | G |
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| Past the night of sacred vigils in his silken robes arrayed | C |
| Message of the proud anointment Rama to the Brahmans said | D |
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| And the Brahmans spake to burghers that the festive day was come | H |
| Till the mart and crowded pathway rang with note of pipe and drum | H |
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| And the townsmen heard rejoicing of the vigils of the night | E |
| Kept by Rama and by Sita for the day's auspicious rite | E |
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| Rama shall be Heir and Regent Rama shall be crowned to day | F |
| Rapid flew the gladdening message with the morning's gladsome ray | F |
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| And the people of the city maid and matron man and boy | I |
| Decorated fair Ayodhya in their wild tumultuous joy | I |
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| On the temple's lofty steeple high as cloud above the air | J |
| On the crossing of the pathways in the garden green and fair | J |
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| On the merchant's ample warehouse on the shop with stores displayed | C |
| On the mansion of the noble by the cunning artist made | C |
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| On the gay and bright pavilion on the high and shady trees | K |
| Banners rose and glittering streamers flags that fluttered in the breeze | K |
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| Actors gay and nimble dancers singers skilled in lightsome song | L |
| With their antics and their music pleased the gay and gathered throng | L |
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| And the people met in conclaves spake of Rama Regent Heir | J |
| And the children by the roadside lisped of Rama brave and fair | J |
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| Women wove the scented garland merry maids the censer lit | M |
| Men with broom and sprinkled water swept the spacious mart and street | N |
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| Rows of trees and posts they planted hung with lamps for coming night | E |
| That the midnight dark might rival splendour of the noonday light | E |
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| Troops of men and merry children laboured with a loving care | J |
| Woman's skill and woman's fancy made the city passing fair | J |
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| So that good and kindly Rama might his people's toil approve | O |
| So that sweet and soft eyed Sita might accept her people's love | P |
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| Groups of joyous townsmen gathered in the square or lofty hall | G |
| Praised the monarch Dasa ratha regent Rama young and tall | G |
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| 'Great and good is Dasa ratha born of Raghu's royal race | Q |
| In the fulness of his lifetime on his son he grants his grace | Q |
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| And we hail the rite auspicious for our prince of peerless might | E |
| He will guard us by his valotir he will save our cherished right | E |
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| Dear unto his loving brothers in his father's palace hall | G |
| As is Rama to his brothers dear is Rama to us all | G |
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| Long live ancient Dasa ratha king of Raghu's royal race | Q |
| We shall see his son anointed by his father's righteous grace | Q |
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| Thus of Rama's consecration spake the burghers one and all | G |
| And the men from distant hamlets poured within the city wall | G |
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| From the confines of the empire north and south and west and east | R |
| Came to see the consecration and to share the royal feast | R |
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| And the rolling tide of nations raised their voices loud and high | S |
| Like the tide of sounding ocean when the full moon lights the sky | S |
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| And Ayodhya thronged by people from the hamlet mart and lea | T |
| Was tumultuous like the ocean thronged by creatures of the sea | T |
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