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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1866 Excerpt: ... Sill. "T J. SWEAR it by thy gracious love, by thy dear life I swear, In Heaven itself I would not dwell, unless my lord were there. For not on mother or on son, on father or on friend, But on her own dear husband, must the faithful wife depend. Thou art my refuge and defence, my guide, my God art thou; I swear that I will follow thee, and nought shall change my vow. If thou art banished to the woods, thy wife has firmly sworn To trample down, before thy feet, the bramble and the thorn. For royal courts and palaces to me are not so sweet, Nor Heaven so pleasant, as the place where tread my husband's feet. I will be happy in the wood, and have no thought of fear, Though bears and lions prowl around, if thou, my love, art near. Turn me not back, nor fear for me: my Rama's mighty ami Will keep his faithful 8hA from the shadow of all harm. I will not be a charge to thee: the wood will give me roots, The spring will yield me water, and the branch provide me fruits. In hermit's humble mantle clad, and guarded by my lord, I long to wander through the wood, the rivulet to ford, To climb the rock, and gaze upon the lake that looks so cool, And, oh, the pleasant bathing in the clear and shaded pool, With waters freshly running from the sweet perennial springs, All lovely with the lotuses and wild swans' silver wings. I would not live in heaven itself, and thou, my love, away: A thousand years with thee, my love, would seem one blissful day. Then take me with thee to the wood; leave me not here to weep; Nor bid thy loving Sita break the vows she sware to keep. Not safer is my father's house than the wood when thou art nigh: My every thought is fixed on thee; without thee I must die. Then take me with thee to the wood, nor leave me here alone: I will not be a burthen so...
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