Valmiki,
The Ramayana of Valmiki — Canto LXXXIII: The Journey Begun
(1870s)
“ And still each other's ear to please, Of Ráma spoke in words like these: 'When shall our happv eyes behold Our hero true, and pure, and bold, So lustrous dark, so strong of arm, Who keeps the world from woe and harm? ”
