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There, from the intolerable heat, 

 The buffaloes retreat; 

 Only their nostrils rais'd to meet the air, 

 Amid the sheltering element they rest. 

 The market-flag, which hoisted high, 



From far and nigh, 

 Above yon cocoa-grove is seen, 

 Hangs motionless amid the sultry sky. 

 Loud sounds the village drum ; a happy crowd 

 Is there. 



Behold Ladurlad's home, 

 By yonder peepal-tree o'ershaded : 

 There Marriataly's image stands, 

 And there the garland twin'd by Kailyal's hands 

 Around its brow hath faded. 

 The peacocks at their master's sight, 

 Quick from the leafy thatch alight, 

 And hurry round, and search the ground, 

 And veer their glancing necks from side to side. 



Expecting from his hand 

 Their daily dole, which erst the maid supplied, 

 Now all too long denied. 



Evening comes on ; arising from the stream, 

 Homeward the tall flamingo wings his flight ; 

 And where he sails athwart the setting beam, 

 His scarlet plumage glows with deeper light. 

 The watchman, at the wish'd approach of night, 



Gladly forsakes the field, where he all day, 

 To scare the svinged plunderers from their prey, 

 With shout and sling, on yonder clay-built height, 

 Hath borne the sultry ray. 

 Hark ! at the sacred Hindoo fane 

 The brahmin strikes the hour : 



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