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... coursers bent their knees, and lay Along the earth. Then Nala, (O my King!) With kindly voice cheering the gaunt bright steeds, Loosed them, and grasped the reins, and bade ascend Varshneya: so he started, headlong, forth. At cry of Vahuka the four steeds sprung Into the air, as they would fly with him; And when the Raja felt them, fleet as wind, _______... _______ *These are spots where the hair curls round, as upon the crown of the human head. Page 86 Whirling along, mute sat he and amazed; And much Varshneya mused to hear and see The thundering of those wheels; the fiery four So lightly held; Vahuka's matchless art. "Is Matali, who driveth Indra's car, Our charioteer? for all the marks of him... Withholds me; yet I wist not what to think, In age and manner like, — and so unlike In form! Else Vahuka I must have deemed Nala, with Nala's gifts." So in his heart Varshneya, watching, wondered, — being himself The second charioteer. But Rituparna Sat joyous with the speed, delightedly Marking the driving of the Prince: the eyes Attent; the hand so ...