Scene 116
Part 2: The Ramayan of Valmiki · Act 6: Book 6
The Meeting
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He looked upon that archer chief Whose full eye mocked the lotus leaf, And thus the noble Vanar spake: "Now meet the queen for whose dear sake Thy mighty task was first begun, And now the glorious fruit is won. O'erwhelmed with woe thy lady lies, The hot tears streaming from her eyes. And still the queen must long and pine Until those eyes be turned to thine."
But Rama stood in pensive mood, And gathering tears his eyes bedewed. His sad looks sought the ground: he sighed And thus to King Vibhishan cried: "Let Sita bathe and tire her head And hither to my sight be led In raiment sweet with precious scent, And gay with golden ornament."