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The Abbey of Bliss
" Victory to the Children" cried Bhavananda. " Friends, let me once hear the song 'Hail, Mother' at the time of my death. 1 ' At Dhirananda's bidding, the Children, mad with fighting, sang 'Hail, Mother' with great gusto. Their arms were doubly strengthened by the song, and in that terrible moment the rest of the English army was slain. There was not one enemy left on the field. At; that moment Bhavananda breathed his last, sing- ing ' Hail, Mother' and contemplating the blessed feet of Vishnu. Ah ! Woman's Beauty ! What an accursed thing is it on earth.
