1 AFGtUUN POETHY. ' ,19'
2 Aunm^xebe, Ibr the last year, ha^ been encamped against ns:
3 Diaordered in hi» sppeoraace, nnd peiplcsed ia tu» Jiuod*
4 All hia nobles have &llen in battle ;
5 And, iHe soldiert ivbo ha«« pmAerf, who can :
6 HiQ tr{>asiire8 of Hindostaun have been scattevad i
7 Th( Ti\} i:n>ld Mohan have bwu -iunk in the motmtaiiM,
8 No auua would have found out, iu uighlcen gu«w«ii,
9 Hiat siu;h tinnaartiom would have taken place in this country.
10 A* Bji^s nuii^Bi^ it QOtdUimlMd;
11 Wliich fbfBMily dreif down dia cuneoffaixnin ftdiv*'
12 No dqsendanoe cao ba placed on the Kin^
13 For he haa ill designs, and is fulne and treacherom*
14 No other issue can be discovered in this affair;
15 £i liter llie Moguls must be annihilated, or the A^hauns undone.
16 If lUi ba the couna «f tfaa iplMKa wUch wa aca ;
17 ITit baOod'a pleanire (diet we perish), ht tlys be die tine.
18 The heavens do not always re\'o!ve in the same niHnm"-.
19 They are sometimes suited to the rose, and sometimes to the tbarib
20 Ttm time (of danger) is the time for honour.
21 WithoathoMW, whi« wMiId beeoBBeaf the A%h«aM?
22 If Aegr harbour any other thought, it is dectractian.
23 Tl»rrf no f^f^liverance, but in tlie swortl.
24 The Atgiiauns arc better than the Moguls at die swofdt
25 If U)e understanding of the A^MUna wi
26 If Ilia OobaaMa wmdA gife dMT tfapport 1
27 tbtgn Wmld soon be prostrate before them.
28 But, dissension and concon?, m-'huess and prxidcnce.
29 Are all in the hand who assigiii> tu each man his diaxe.
30 Yen wOI aaa wbat dw Afiieedces, Molunends, and Shabwanreei, wfll da^
31 ^Whoi dielfdgnl anny haa cmamped m HGngnhmat,
32 I alone foel for the bonour of our name ;
33 While the Euso&yes are cultivating their fleUa at diear <
34 He that now is guilty of mdk wantof ^udt
35 Will ace in the and die remkof bMooodnct
36 To nqr niiiid» deadi is better dian life;
37 "^Tien life can no Uinger be held with honour*
38 We Ftrp liot to live for ever in this world :
39 But tlie memory ol' KhooiJihttui Kliutluck will remain."
40 «' SlHidi Utmmi ndNm Aunuigiaba dtpoied kiid iaqfirieoiiCd.'