But in her face you see The supplication and the agony, . . See in her swelling throat the desperate strength That with vain effort struggles yet for life; Her arms contracted now in fruitless strife Now wildly at full length Towards the crowd in vain... The Curse of Kehama - Pàgina 9per Robert Southey - 1811 - 215 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| Lal Behari Day - 1913 - 404 pàgines
...O sight of misery ! Yon cannot hear her cries — their sound In that wild dissonance is drown'd ; But in her face you see The supplication and the agony...spread ; They force her on, they bind her to the dead, Cwte of KeJiama. IT was somewhere about this time, when Govinda was between seven and eight years of... | |
| Robert Southey - 720 pàgines
...of misery ! You cannot hear her cries, . . . their sound Iri that wild dissonance is drown'd ; . . . But in her face you see The supplication and the agony,.... . They force her on, they bind her to the dead. 13. Then all around retire; Circling the pile, the ministring Bramins stand, Each lifting in his hand... | |
| Ian Haywood - 1998 - 240 pàgines
...sight of miserv! You cannot hear her cries, ... all other sound In that wild dissonance is drown' d;... But in her face you see The supplication and the agony,...now in fruitless strife, Now wildly at full length 170 Towards the crowd in vain for pity spread,. . . They force her on, they bind her to the dead. Then... | |
| Peter N. Stearns - 2000 - 180 pàgines
...Oh sight of misery! You cannot hear her cries, — their sound In that wild dissonance is drowned; But in her face you see The supplication and the agony,...spread: They force her on, they bind her to the dead. Even hardened business officials recoiled at some Indian practices, even if they did not think it made... | |
| Harish Trivedi, Richard Allen - 2000 - 404 pàgines
...sight of misery! You cannot hear her cries, . . their sound In that wild dissonance is drown'd; . . But in her face you see The supplication and the agony,.... . They force her on, they bind her to the dead. 13 Then all around retire; Circling the pile, the ministering Bramins stand, Each lifting in his hand... | |
| Mia Carter, Barbara Harlow - 2003 - 836 pàgines
...sight of misery! You cannot hear her cries . . . their sound In that wild dissonance is drowned; . . . But in her face you see The supplication and the agony.... . They force her on, they bind her to the dead." —Kehama, i. 12. In all the poem and its copious notes, the word suttee does not occur. [1815.—... | |
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