Death & Dying
Hindoo Funeral Song
From Indian Poetry (1881)
Death & Dying
Call on Rama! call to Rama!
Oh, my brothers, call on Rama!
For this Dead
Whom we bring,
Call aloud to mighty Rama.
As we bear him, oh, my brothers,
Call together, very loudly,
That the Bhûts
May be scared;
That his spirit pass in comfort.
Turn his feet now, calling "Rama,"
Calling "Rama," who shall take him
When the flames
Make an end:
Ram! Ram!--oh, call to Rama.
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MLA
Arnold, Edwin. “Hindoo Funeral Song.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/arnold_e/4/.
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Arnold, Edwin. “Hindoo Funeral Song.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/arnold_e/4/.
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