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At Brahma's stern decree, as ages roll, 

 New shapes of clay await th' immortal soul ; 

 Darkling condemn'd in forms obscene * to prowl. 

 And swell the midnight melancholy howl. 

 Be thine the task his droopiug eye to cheer, 

 And elevate his hopes beyond this sphere, 

 To brighter heavens than proud Suraceru + owns. 

 Though girt w ith Indra and his I)urning thrones. 

 Then shall he recognise the beams of day. 

 And fling at once the four-fold chain | away ; 

 Through every limb a sudden life shall start, 

 And sudden pulses spring around his heart ; 

 Then all the dcadcn'd energies shall rise, 

 And vindicate their title to the skies. 



Be these thy trophies, Queen of many Isles ! 

 On these high Heaven shall shed indulgent smiles^, 

 First by thy guardian voice to India led, 

 Shall Truth divine her tearless victories spread ; 

 Wide and more wide the heaven-born light shall stream, 

 New realms from thee shall catch the blissful theme, 

 Unwonted warmth the soften'd savage feci. 

 Strange chiefs admire, and turban'd warriors kneel, 

 The prostrate East submit her jewel'd pride, 

 And swarthy kings adore the Crucified, 

 Fam'd Ava's walls Messiah's name shall own, 

 Where haughty splendour guards the Birmaa throne. 

 Thy hills, Tibet, shall hear, and Ceylon's bowers. 

 And snow-white waves that circle Pekin's towers ||, 

 Where, sheath'd in sullen pomp, the Tartar lord 

 Forgetful slumbers o'er his idle sword : 

 O'er all- the plains, where barbarous hordes afar 

 On panting steeds pursue the roving war. 

 Soft notes of joy th' eternal gloom shall cheer, 

 And smooth the terrors of the arctic year : 

 Till from the blazing line to polar snows, 

 Through varyiug realms, one tide of blessing flows. 

 Then shall thy breath, celestial Peace unbind 

 The frozen heart, and mingle mind with mind ; 

 With sudden youth shall slumb'ring Science start, 

 And call to life each long-forgotten art, 

 Retrace her ancient paths, or new explore. 

 And breathe to wond'ring Avorlds her mystic lore. 



• The Hinddi of the lowest class firmly believe themselves to be of the saiue 

 •pecies as the jackals; and are tauglit, that through eternal transmigrations tliey 

 ihall never rise hijjher diaa those animals. 



_^ Sumeeru is the nwunlain on whieh India's heaven is placed. 



J In allusion to the four oaites. 



B TU Wiito lliver. 



