Valmiki,
The Ramayana of Valmiki — Canto XXXIX: Counsel To Sítá
(1870s)
“ Yes, woman's nature still is this:-- After long days of calm and bliss When some light grief her spirit tries, She changes all her love, or flies. Young wives are thankless, false in soul, With roving hearts that spurn control. ”
Valmiki,
The Ramayana of Valmiki — Canto XXXIX: Counsel To Sítá
(1870s)
“ In chains of lasting love can bind A woman's light inconstant mind. But those good dames who still maintain What right, truth, Scripture, rule ordain-- No holy thing in their pure eyes With one beloved husband vies. ”
