POETRY. ^57 



Blooms th« red flow'ret ? Durva* blushes tlierc. 



Flash lightniugs fierce ? dread indra + fills the air. 



Themoraing wakes, or hi^h the white wave sweih, 



That Surya | brightens, Ganga ^ this impels. 



Thus, in each part of this material scene, 



He owns that matter leans oh Mind unseen; 



And in each object views some God pourtray'd, 



This all in all, a«d that but empty shade ; 



The mind extinct, its shadows too mu«t flee, 



And all the visible forget to be. 



But when the Sage is taught these Ck>ds to deem 



The powers personified of One Supreme, 



He not destroys their functions, but transfers; 



Their titles changes, not their characters ; 



Content, for many, one Great Cause t' adore. 



He ROW terms attributes what Gods before : 



Yet stiU untouch'd that principle retains; 



Mind, ever preseRt, in all m;tUei- reigns ; 



His creed the same, whate'er <ihat Mind he call, 



in each imprison'd, or diffus'd through all. 



Still of this whole each portion, every hour, 



Asks instant energies of local power. 



If in himself the Infinite comprise 



The varying powers of countless Deities, 



Say, should not he, with equal ease as they. 



Through objects numberless those powers display? 



But tarn, my Muse, where softer themes inviie, 

 And lyric measures court to gay delight : 

 There Jayadeva's || mystic transport flows, 

 And Crishea smiles, and Radha weeps her woes : 

 Bright o'er the bard, sublime on lory plumes. 

 Love's youthful God, celestial CamaH, blooms: 

 .Sad from his winged throne he bends to hear, 

 And mingles with the strings a heavenly tear ; 

 While, sportive at his side, the virgin choir 

 Float in light measures round the thrilling lyre. 



* T)una is the most beautiful species ofgrass, and supposed to he the residenrt 

 i»f a Nytnph of llio saiiio name. Its flowers, says Sir William /ones, seen throughX 

 lens, are like minute ruhios. 



■f- 'f lie God of the firmament, 



I The Deity ot" the Sun. 



I Caniia is'tlic Goddess erf the Ganges, who sprung, like Pallas, from the head of 

 llio Indian Jove. 



il The fumous lyric poet of India. His age is uncertain, but he lived betiveea 

 Vyas-.i and Calidasa. 



^ The Hindoo Cupid. He rides on a lory or parrot. Among other appendages, 



he has live arr«vv» tijiped with herbs of a heatiiij quality, and is attended by twelve 



^aiaseLs. 



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