A History of Sanskrit Literature c11.86

c11.86

*Leaving its lower nest in breath’s protection,*
*And upward from that nest, immortal, soaring,*
*Where’er it lists it roves about immortal,*
*The golden-pinioned only swan of spirit* (IV. iii. 13).
*It roves in dream condition up and downward,*
*Divinely many shapes and forms assuming* (ib. 14).