SELECT POETRY. HYMN TO INDRA.
God of the varied bow I God of the thousand eyes ! From all the winds that blow Thy praises rise ; Forth through the world they go, Hymning to all below Thee, whom the blest shall know Lord of the skies ! Bending the guilty town, Leading celestial hosts, Hurling the demons down To the drear coasts ; Still thy lightning frown "Winning thee wide renown, Till the wild waters drown All their proud boasts. Whom thy dread weapon finds, Striking the mark afar, Them thy just; anger binds In the fierce war : Rebels ! their frenzied minds Thus thine illusion blinds — Seven time seven winds Wafting thy car. To, by the fivefold tree, Where the bright waters run, We, who impurity Heedfully shun, In Amaravati, Indra, shall dwell with thee. From earth's pollution free, When life is done. God by the gods obeyed, Hear tbou our feeble cry ! Lend us thy sovereign aid, ' Lord of the sky ! Of our fierce foes afraid, Fainting, distressed, dismayed, To thy protecting shade Hither we fly.
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Tuapeka Times, Volume V, Issue 231, 4 July 1872, Page 9
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174SELECT POETRY. HYMN TO INDRA. Tuapeka Times, Volume V, Issue 231, 4 July 1872, Page 9
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