(4 January 1835 – 11 April 1911 / Surrey)

poet Alfred Comyn Lyall

Poems of Alfred Comyn Lyall

1. Meditations of a Hindu Prince 1/1/2004
2. Sîva 1/3/2003
3. Studies at Delhi, 1876 1/3/2003
4. Theology in Extremis: Or a soliloquy that may have been delivered in India, June, 1857 1/3/2003

Studies at Delhi, 1876

I.--The Hindu Ascetic.


Here as I sit by the Jumna bank,
Watching the flow of the sacred stream,
Pass me the legions, rank on rank,
And the cannon roar, and the bayonets gleam.

Is it a god or a king that comes?

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