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Final Notes.
INDEX OF PRINCIPAL NAMES
Footnotes

INVOCATION.(1)

Praise to Valmiki,(2)bird of charming song,(3)
Who mounts on Poesy's sublimest spray,
And sweetly sings with accent clear and strong
Rama, aye Rama, in his deathless lay.

Where breathes the man can listen to the strain
That flows in music from Valmiki's tongue,
Nor feel his feet the path of bliss attain
When Rama's glory by the saint is sung!

The stream Ramayan leaves its sacred fount
The whole wide world from sin and stain to free.(4)
The Prince of Hermits is the parent mount,
The lordly Rama is the darling sea.

Glory to him whose fame is ever bright!
Glory to him, Prachetas'(5)holy son!
Whose pure lips quaff with ever new delight
The nectar-sea of deeds by Rama done.

Hail, arch-ascetic, pious, good, and kind!
Hail, Saint Valmiki, lord of every lore!
Hail, holy Hermit, calm and pure of mind!
Hail, First of Bards, Valmiki, hail once more!

BOOK I.(6)

Canto I. Narad.(7)

OM.(8)

To sainted Narad, prince of those
Whose lore in words of wisdom flows.
Whose constant care and chief delight
Were Scripture and ascetic rite,
The good Valmiki, first and best
Of hermit saints, these words addressed:(9)
"In all this world, I pray thee, who
Is virtuous, heroic, true?
Firm in his vows, of grateful mind,
To every creature good and kind?
Bounteous, and holy, just, and wise,
Alone most fair to all men's eyes?
Devoid of envy, firm, and sage,
Whose tranquil soul ne'er yields to rage?
Whom, when his warrior wrath is high,
Do Gods embattled fear and fly?
Whose noble might and gentle skill
The triple world can