Studies in Indian Art c9.s3.15

c9.s3.15

'Both rice and meat out in a stream it brings,
Thick porridge ginger lentle soup and many other things',
From the western branch—
'Outcame a bevy of fair girls all pranked in brave array,
And O the robes of many hues, jewels, and rings in plenty!
Each merchant had a pretty maid, each of the five and twenty'.
From the northern branch likewise—
'.........outcame a stream of gold,
Silver in handfuls, precious rings and jewels manifold.
And robes of fine Benares cloth and blankets thick and thin,
The merchants then to roll them up in bundles did begin'.