The Star in the West

THE VIRGIN 75 We are lulled by the whirr of the stars ; We are fanned by the whisper , the wind ; We are locked in unbreakable bars, The love of the spirit and mind . The infinite powers Of rapture are ours ; We are one , and our kisses are kind . ? A true wife , that is a woman whose very soul palpitates in harmony with that of her husband or lover , is the greatest joy of life. Burns sang : To make a happy fireside clime For weans and wife, Is the true pathos and sublime Of human life . And from the other side of the sphere the melodious lines of Kalidasa reverberate with the same perfection of pure wifehood . In the Raghuvancha the step mothers of Rama greet Sita thus , when she blames herself for the misfortunes which befell her husband : Dear daughter , rise ! (So said they) “ 'Tis thy spotless life alone That brought thy Lord and Lakshman through their toils Triumphant .” Then with loving words and true They praised her, worthy wife of worthy Lord . What a melody lives in those words , “ 'Twas thy spotless life alone . ” Rama through all his misfor tunes , through all the snares of life , finds ultimately that all his woes are but a teardrop to be swallowed up in that boundless ocean of love - the heart of a. chaste and loving wife . And so did Ahinoam in Jephthah when he said : And my wife's eyes were welcome more desired Than chains of roses , and the song of children , And swinging palm branches , and milk - white - elders .? 2 1 Orpheus , vol . iii, p . 218 . Jephthah , vol . i, p . 82 .