H. S. fury 1909."CONTENTS PAGE PREFACE. vii THE ROMANCE OF THE TWISTED SPEAR THE STORY OF PUNNA THE NURSE. 120 THE WOOING OF THE STRONG MAID 139 THE GIFT OF BATTLE 155 APPENDIX 287 THE ROMANCE OF THE TWISTED SPEAR SCENE: CHITOR AND BUNDI TIME : I 502 A.D. [...] THE ROMANCE OF THE TWISTED SPEAR PART I I THE FAME OF THE TIGER-CUB THE feast was o'er and in the garden coot The nobles lounged on flowered carpets piled With cushions listening to the tinkling sound Of water slipping o'er a fretted slab Into a polished marble cup. [...] The sun had climbed a spear's length up the sky Upon the morrow when a jaded steed Went floundering up the narrow village street And lurching through the archway dropped and died Inside the courtyard of the headman's house Where lodged the princess. [...] The forest weird whence unknown voices called The shadowy hills the moonlight and the stars The silent troopers and the stamping steeds And that huge stooping figure whose great eyes She saw at times aglint beneath the moon— Was all a fantasy or actual truth ?"40 THE ROMANCE OF THE TWISTED SPEAR The twisted spear hung at her saddle bow And as she felt it swing the glowering wrath Would surg [...] The shapely limbs THE DAWN OF A NEW WORLD 45 The flowing lines of swelling muscle 'neath The rings of steel the narrow waist the chest Like cavern vast girt round with iron bands The face —the girl put up her hand to stop The tremour in her breast —the forehead low And broad the even brows the steady eyes That watched the foes' long lines with piercing gaze The nose aggressive curved like e
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