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THE CURSE OF KEHAMA.
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Here may Ladurlad rest beyond his power.The living Bark alights; the GlendoveerThen lays Ladurlad by the blessed Lake; . . .O happy Sire, and yet more happy Daughter!The etherial gales his agony aslake,His daughter’s tears are on his cheek,His hand is in the water;The innocent man, the man opprest,Oh joy! . . . hath found a place of restBeyond Kehama’s sway,His curse extends not here; his pains have past away.
O happy Sire, and happy Daughter!Ye on the banks of that celestial waterYour resting place and sanctuary have found.What! hath not then their mortal taint defil’dThe sacred solitary ground?Vain thought! . . the Holy Valley smil’dReceiving such a sire and child;Ganges, who seem’d asleep to lie,Beheld them with benignant eye,And ripped round melodiously,And roll’d her little waves, to meet
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