Letitia Elizabeth Landon Quote

An Alma girl! oh shame, deep shame,
To Brahma's race and Brahma's name!
Unmarked, unpitied, she turned aside,
For a moment her bursting tears to hide.
None thought of the Bayadere, till the fire
Blazed redly and fiercely the funeral pyre,
Then like a thought she darted by,
And sprang on the burning pile to die!

The Bayadere from The London Literary Gazette (30th August, 6th and 13th September 1823) - The Improvisatrice (1824)