The bodies remained silent, Only the souls did commune, For in the light of the eyes Came and departed the souls. [14] The oldest, perhaps the only original form of native poetry, happily compared, by Professor R. BRANDSTETTER, with the Italian _stornelli_. In contradistinction to the _sha’ir_, the charm of the _pantoon_ lies, or should lie, in its being improvised. It consists of four lines, of which the third rimes with the first and the fourth with the second; the first two contain some statement generally but loosely connected with the meaning of the last couplet, except, to quote Dr. J. J. DE HOLLANDER, that they determine the correspondence of sound. Here is one in translation: Whence come the leeches? From the watered ricefield they go straight to the river. Whence comes love? From the eyes it goes straight to the heart. [15] The title of Sooltan was assumed, probably for the first time in the history of Java, by the ruler of Pajang when, in 1568, he added Jipang to his domains. [16] This lady was a prisoner of the Pangeran of Jakarta (Yacatra) from whom Baron Sookmool, charmed by her beauty when he arrived in Java to trade for his father, the wealthy merchant Kawit Paru, bought her for three big guns, whose history, in the legendary lore of the island, is inextricably mixed up with the _mariage à trois_ of Kiahi Satomo (for the nonce taking domicile at Cheribon), Niahi Satomi and the _maryam_ of Karang Antu referred to in the preceding chapter. [17] _Plumeria acutifolia Poir._, fam. _Apocynaceae_, planted extensively in cemeteries; its flowers, for this reason called _boonga kuboor_ (grave-flowers), have a very pleasant odour and are used to scent clothes, etc. [18] About 1468, by Raden Patah. [19] It is told that the intrepid Governor-General Daendels once tried to invade the sanctity of this house of prayer, but even he had hastily to retire. [20] Venggi inscriptions, brought to light in West Java, go back to the sixth and fifth centuries of the Christian era and name Kalinga in India as the region from which the Hindu colonists emigrated. [21] Banaspati or Wanaspati is the conventional lion’s (or tiger’s) head, a frequent motive in the ornament of Javanese temples, especially of common use over their porches and gateways. CHAPTER III THE DIËNG Where Silence undisturbed might watch alone, So cold, so bright, so still. PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY, _Queen Mab_.