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| + | Excerpts from the invocation to The Lizard's Cry: | ||
| + | :Live long, O little Lizard of tenacious foot and steadfast eye! | ||
| + | :Your throat vibrating beats to our defeat and victory! | ||
| + | :... | ||
| + | :Lizard of alert & shining eye | ||
| + | :Lizard witness of each private anguish | ||
| + | :... | ||
| + | :Scion of a line of trusted Heralds | ||
| + | :Enemy of the fly and the malicious spider | ||
| + | :watchmen of evil, ... | ||
| + | :whose alarm broke the silence... | ||
| + | :Who hung watchful... | ||
| + | :whose chirrup warned of ... weather | ||
| + | :... | ||
| + | :Guardian of the ravaged courtyard, | ||
| + | :::::cry now. | ||
| + | :... | ||
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@article{10.2307/40872102, | @article{10.2307/40872102, | ||
ISSN = {00915637}, | ISSN = {00915637}, | ||
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volume = {12}, | volume = {12}, | ||
year = {1976} | year = {1976} | ||
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Revision as of 01:56, 24 June 2017
Excerpts from the invocation to The Lizard's Cry:
- Live long, O little Lizard of tenacious foot and steadfast eye!
- Your throat vibrating beats to our defeat and victory!
- ...
- Lizard of alert & shining eye
- Lizard witness of each private anguish
- ...
- Scion of a line of trusted Heralds
- Enemy of the fly and the malicious spider
- watchmen of evil, ...
- whose alarm broke the silence...
- Who hung watchful...
- whose chirrup warned of ... weather
- ...
- Guardian of the ravaged courtyard,
- cry now.
- ...
- ↑ @article{10.2307/40872102, ISSN = {00915637}, URL = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/40872102}, author = {Yasmine Gooneratne}, journal = {Journal of South Asian Literature}, number = {1/2}, pages = {35-50}, publisher = {Asian Studies Center, Michigan State University}, title = {THE LIZARD'S CRY}, volume = {12}, year = {1976} }
