If She be pleasant to look on, what does the Young Man say?
"Lo! She is pleasant to look on. Give Her to me to-day!"
II
Yea, though a Kafir die, to him is remitted Jehannum
If he borrowed in life from a native at sixty per cent. per anuum.
III
Blister we not for bursati[1]? So when the heart is vext,
The pain of one maiden's refusal is drowned in the pain of the next.
IV
The temper of chums, the love of your wife, and a new piano's tune—
Which of the three will you trust at the end of an Indian June?
V
Who are the rulers of Ind— to whom shall we bow the knee?
Make your peace with the women, and men will make you L. G.[2]
VI
Does the woodpecker flit round the young ferash? Does the grass clothe a new-built wall?
Is she under thirty, the woman who holds a boy in her thrall?
VII
If She grow suddenly gracious—reflect. Is it all for thee?
The blackbuck is stalked through the bullock, and Man through jealousy.
