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1 5, 1| tale of ancient date,~How Savitri loved and suffered, how
2 5, 2| II - THE TALE OF SAVITRI~In the country of fair Madra
3 5, 2| performed,~Sang the sacred hymn, savitri, to the gods oblations gave,~
4 5, 2| might,~Till the goddess of savitri smiled upon his sacred rite,~
5 5, 2| beauteous maiden, goddess of savitri sprung!~And she spake in
6 5, 2| wishes good and kind,~As Savitri, Prayer-Maiden, had the
7 5, 2| Brahmans named the child Savitri, holy gift of bounteous
8 5, 2| men or gods above."~Fair Savitri bowed unto him and for parting
9 5, 2| places known to fame,~Fair Savitri with the courtiers to her
10 5, 3| questioned, "whither was Savitri led,~Wherefore to a happy
11 5, 3| to a happy husband hath Savitri not been wed?"~"Nay, to
12 5, 3| virtuous monarch said.~"Fair Savitri long hath wandered and in
13 5, 3| said:~"Sad disaster waits Savitri if this royal youth she
14 5, 3| pious-hearted monarch! fair Savitri hath in sooth~Courted Fate
15 5, 3| child shall be allied,~Come, Savitri, dear-loved maiden, choose
16 5, 3| confess,~True to him thy poor Savitri goes into the wilderness!"~"
17 5, 3| From her troth the true Savitri never, never will depart,~
18 5, 4| true and chosen lord,~Sweet Savitri served his parents by her
19 5, 4| the holy Narad told,~Fair Savitri reckoned daily and her heart
20 5, 4| fasts and vigils drear.~Of Savitri's rigid penance heard the
21 5, 4| loving father," meekly this Savitri prayed,~"Penance I have
22 5, 4| tear-drops, lonesome nights Savitri spent,~Nearer came the fatal
23 5, 4| and fated morning! " said Savitri, bloodless, brave,~Prayed
24 5, 4| and agéd Brahmans blessed Savitri fervently,~O! that blessing
25 5, 4| Pardon, father," said Savitri, "let this other day be
26 5, 4| strong,~But unto him came Savitri and in sweetest accents
27 5, 4| trackless woods to rove,"~Then Savitri to the monarch urged her
28 5, 4| this narrow ashram hath Savitri stepped nor strayed,~In
29 5, 4| true and faithful ever hath Savitri stayed,~For the sacrificial
30 5, 4| replied,~"Wish or thought Savitri whispered, for a boon or
31 5, 4| loving parents did the fair Savitri part,~Smile upon her pallid
32 5, 4| Still with thoughtful eye Savitri watched her dear and fated
33 5, 4| head,~Faint he came unto Savitri and in faltering accents
34 5, 4| and speechless terror pale Savitri held her lord,~On her lap
35 5, 5| silence on the dead,~And Savitri on the greensward gently
36 5, 5| head,~And a tremor shook Savitri, but a woman's love is strong,~
37 5, 5| the faithful wife.~"Turn, Savitri," outspake YAMA, "for thy
38 5, 5| I would bless thee, fair Savitri, but the dead come not to
39 5, 5| permit me, YAMA," so the good Savitri said,~"For my husband's
40 5, 5| cheerful light of heaven,~Turn, Savitri, faint and weary, follow
41 5, 5| go!"~"Faint nor weary is Savitri," so the noble princess
42 5, 5| I would bless thee, fair Savitri, but the dead come not to
43 5, 5| permit me, YAMA," so the good Savitri said,~Once more for my husband'
44 5, 5| kingdom I bestow,~Turn, Savitri, living mortal may not with
45 5, 5| with King YAMA go!"~Still Savitri, meek and faithful, followed
46 5, 5| again,~And his words fell on Savitri like the cooling summer
47 5, 5| not deny!"~Thou hast," so Savitri answered, " granted father'
48 5, 6| then the Sable Monarch, and Savitri held her way~Where in dense
49 5, 6| long and slumbered, sweet Savitri, faithful spouse,~But I
50 5, 6| Was this dream my fair Savitri, dost thou of this Vision
51 5, 6| Darkness thickens," said Savitri, "and the evening waxeth
52 5, 6| down his manly eye,~Pond Savitri sweetly speaking softly
53 5, 6| Trust me, husband, if Savitri hath been faithful in her
54 5, 6| embrace,~Round his waist Savitri's right arm doth sweetly
55 5, 6| throbbing midnight watched Savitri's deathless love.~
56 Epi | under which the story of Savitri is told. Generally, therefore,
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