Page:Departmental Ditties and Ballads and Barrack-Room Ballads, Kipling, 1899.djvu/271

Rh Above the altar held the morning sun

A winking ruby on its heart; below,

Face hid in hands, the maid Bisesa lay.

Er-Heb beyond the Hills of Ao-Safai

Bears witness to the truth, and Ao-Safai

Hath told the men of Gorukh. Thence the tale

Comes westward o'er the peaks to India.