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_More than a hundred years ago, in a great battle fought near Delhi, / an Indian Prince rode fifty miles after the day was lost / with a beggar-girl, who had loved him and followed him in all his camps, / on his saddle-bow. He lost the girl when almost within sight of safety. / A Maratta trooper tells the story: -- _
The wreath of banquet overnight lay withered on the neck, / Our hands and scarfs were saffron-dyed for signal of despair, / When we went forth to Paniput to battle with the _Mlech_, -- / Ere we came back from Paniput and left a kingdom there.