Excerpt from Lakme Opera in Three Acts Thrice blessed may you be, \vho faithful homage render To heaven's high priest in me, Reviled, scoffed at, and outraged! Of our base victors, the sway 'll weary out, sure, though slowlv They have driven our gods away From the ancient temples holy. But Brahma o'er their heads His vengeance has suspended W'hen that explodes and spreads. Our bondage will be ended! In my dwelling here, today, I saw God's power displaying. Up to him I soared away, While I heard my daughter praying. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.