All 12 Uses of
fawn
in
The Ramayana
- In trembling troops in open lawns Wept, wild with woe, the startled fawns, And a strange terror changed the eyes They lifted to the distant skies.†
Book 3 *fawns = shows excessive flattery or affection
- It may be that my love has strayed To sport with fawns beneath the shade, If thou, great elephant, have seen My darling of the lovely mien, Whose rounded limbs are soft and fine As is that lissome trunk of thine, O noblest of wild creatures, show Where is the dame thou needs must know.†
Book 3
- Bethink thee, love, the gentle fawns With whom thou playest on the lawns, Impatient for thy coming wait With streaming eyes disconsolate.†
Book 3
- slay, And then with Bharat rule the state; So bring the kingdom to decay, And fawn on those thy lord who hate, Plotter of woe, for evil bred, For such a speech why do not all Thy teeth from out thy wicked head Split in a thousand pieces fall?†
Book 2
- She spoke, and with a glance of flame Rushed on the fawn-eyed Maithil dame: So would a horrid meteor mar Fair Rohi?†
Book 3
- The forest cow and stag are there, The fawn, the monkey, and the bear, Where spotted deer delight to play, And strong and beauteous Kinnars(494) stray.†
Book 3
- Say, hast thou seen, O gentle deer, The fawn-eyed Sítá wandering here?†
Book 3
- As fire in summer rages through The forests thick with dry bamboo, So will my fawn eyed love consume My soul o'erwhelmed with thoughts of gloom.†
Book 4
- Ah, as they wander at their will My troubled breast with grief they fill, While torn by hopeless love I sigh For Sítá of the fawn-like eye.†
Book 4
- In vain my weary glances rove From lake to hill, from stream to grove: I find no rapture in the scene, And languish for my fawn-eyed queen.†
Book 4
- On the bare earth the lady sank, And trembling from their presence shrank Like a strayed fawn, when night is dark, And hungry wolves around her bark.†
Book 5
- And Ráma looked on Lanká where Gay flags were streaming to the air, And, while keen sorrow pierced him through, His loving thoughts to Sítá flew: "There, there in deep affliction lies My darling with the fawn-like eyes.†
Book 6
Definitions:
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(1)
(fawn as in: fawned all over her) showing excessive flattery or affection
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(2)
(meaning too common or rare to warrant focus) "Fawn" more commonly describes a young deer.