<p>Praise to Válmíki, bird of charming song,<br>Who mounts on Poesy's sublimest spray,<br>And sweetly sings with accent clear and strong<br>Ráma, aye Ráma, in his deathless lay.<br>Where breathes the man can listen to the strain<br>That flows in music from Válmíki's tongue,<br>Nor feel his feet the path of bliss attain<br>When Ráma's glory by the saint is sung!<br>The stream Rámáyan leaves its sacred fount<br>The whole wide world from sin and sta...