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with the humming of f warms engaged in their Tweet ■ labours; and there, 

 falling languid on the ground, fhs thus addreites her female, companion. 

 4 Though he take recreation in my abfence, and f mile on all around him t 

 4 yet my foul remembers Him, whofe beguiling reed modulates a tune fWeet- 



* eried by the nectar of his quivering lip, while his ear fparkles with gems/ 

 ' and his eye darts amorous glances; Him, whofe locks are decked with the 



* plumes of peacocks refplendent with many-coloured moons, and whofe 

 4 mantle gleams like a dark blue cloud illumined with rain-bows ; Him, 

 « whofe 'graceful fmile gives new luftne to his lips, brilliant and foft as a 

 s dewy leaf, fwQQt and ruddy -as the bloffom of Bandhujiva, while they 

 4 tremble with eager nefs to kifs the daughters of the herdfmen ; him, who 

 6 difperfes the gloom with beams from the jewels, which decorate his bofom,. 



* his wrifts, and his -ankles, ©n whofe forehead mines a "circlet of findai 

 6 wood, which makes even the moon contemptible, when it fails through 



* irradiated clouds ; Him, whofe ear-rings are formed of entire gems in the 

 4 lhape of the fHh. Macar on the banners of Love > even the vellow-ro 'ed 



* God, whofe attendants are the chiefs of deities-, of holy men, and of de- 

 4 mans; him, who reclines under a gay Cadam-l-a-liez ; who formerly ce- 

 4 lighted me, while he gracefully waved in the dance, and all his foul fpark- 



* led in. his eye-. My weak mind thus enumerates his qualities • and,, 

 ' though offended, Itrives to baniih. offence, What elfe can it do? It 

 6 cannot part with its affection for Crishna, whofe love is excited by 



* other damfelsy and who fports in the ab fence of Ra'dha v . Bring, O 



* friend, that vanquifher of the demon Ce'st, to f port with me, wh# 



* am repairing to a fecret bower, who look timidly on all fides, who me- 

 8 ditate with amorous fancy on his divine transfiguration. Bring hirn^ 



* whofe difcourfe was once compofed of the gentleft words, to converfe 



* with me, who am bafliful on his Firfl approach, andexprefs my thoughts 



