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The Light of Asia or The Great Renunciation (Mahcabhinishkramana)

Being The Life and Teaching of Gautama, Prince of India and Founder of Buddhism (As Told in Verse by an Indian Buddhist). By Edwin Arnold

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But Radha, sent before to sweep the ground

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And tie the scarlet threads around the tree,
Came eager, crying, “Ah, dear Mistress! look!
There is the Wood-God sitting in his place,
Revealed, with folded hands upon his knees.
See how the light shines round about his brow!
How mild and great he seems, with heavenly eyes!
Good fortune is it thus to meet the gods.”