Sophronia and Olindo _Wiffen_

FROM PARADISE LOST:
Satan
Apostrophe to Light

FROM PARADISE REGAINED:
The Temptation of the Vision of the Kingdoms of the Earth




NATIONAL EPICS.



THE RAMAYANA.


"He who sings and hears this poem continually has attained to the
highest state of enjoyment, and will finally be equal to the gods."


The Ramayana, the Hindu Iliad, is variously ascribed to the fifth, third,
and first centuries B.C., its many interpolations making it almost
impossible to determine its age by internal evidence. Its authorship is
unknown, but according to legend it was sung by Kuca and Lava, the sons of
Rama, to whom it was taught by Valmiki. Of the three versions now extant,
one is attributed to Valmiki, another to Tuli Das, and a third to Vyasa.