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fippeft ne&ar from the radiant lips of P^dma', as the flattering Chacora 

 drinks the moonbeams ; be viclorious, O Heri, lord of cohquefl t 



Ra'dha' fought him long in vain, and her thoughts were confounded 

 by the fever of defire : ihe roved in the vernal morning among the twining 

 Vafantis covered with foft bloflbms, when a damfel thus addreffed her 

 with youthful hilarity : * The gale, that has wantoned round the beautiful 

 J clove-plants, breathes now from the hills of Malaya, ; the circling ar= 

 J hours refound with the notes of the Coal and the murmurs of honey - 



* making fwarms. Now the hearts of damfels, wbofe lovers travel at 



* a diftance, are pierced with anguifh j while the blofloms of Bacul&re. 



* confpicuous among the flowerets covered with b-'es. The 7ama!a % with 



* leaves dark and odorous* claims a tribute from the mufk, which it van- 

 3 quifhesi and the cluitering flowers of the Palo/a refemhle the nails of 

 « Ca'ma, with which he rends the hearts of the young. The full hlowa 



* Ci/ara gleams like the fceptre of the world's monarch, Love ; and the 



* pointed thyrfe of the Cetaca refembles the darts, by which lovers are 



* woundtd. See the bunches of Patali-fiov/QTS filled with bees, like the 



* quiver of Smara full of (hafts ; while the ttnder bloflorn of the Car una 



* {miles to fee the whole world laying fhame afide. The far- feinted Mad- 



* havi beautifies the trees, round which it twines ; and the frelh Mallica 



* feduces with rich perfume even the hearts of hermits ; while the Amra~ 



* tree with blooming trelTes is embraced by the gay creeper AtimuEta, and 



* the blue ftreams of Yamuna wind round the groves of Vrindavan* In this 

 8 charming fea fori* which g'ves pain to /pa rated lovers, young Heri /ports 

 « and dances with a company of dam/els. A breeze, like the breath of love^ 

 « from the fragrant flowers of the Cetaca, kindles e.ery heart, whilft it per- 

 1 fumes the woods with the duir, which it ihakes from the Mallica with 





