Canto XXXV. Kaikeyí Reproached.
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Valmiki and Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)
Sumantra thus, palm joined to palm,
Poured forth his words of bane and balm,
With keen reproach, with pleading kind,
Striving to move Kaikeyí's mind.
In vain he prayed, in vain reproved,
She heard unsoftened and unmoved.
Nor could the eyes that watched her view
One yielding look, one change of hue.