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s formed a couch of foft lotos-leaves: let thy darling charm thy fight, 



5 while he repofes on it Afflict not thy foul with extreme anguilh; but 



* attend to my words, which conceal no guile. Suffer Ce'sava to approach : 



6 let him fpeak with exquifife fweetnefs, and diifipate all thy forrows. If 

 4 thou art har fli to him, who is amiable; if thou art proudly filent, when 

 s he deprecates thy wrath with lowly proflraiions ; if thou fhoweft aver- 

 6 " fion to him, who loves thee paffionately; if, when he bends before thee, 

 ' thy face be turned contemptuoufly away ; by the fame rule of contrariety <, 



■' the dull of fandal-wood, which thou haft fprinkled, may become pcifonj 



* the moon with cool beams, a fcorching fan ; the frefh dew s a confuming 

 4 flame • and the fports of love be changed into agony.' 



Ma'dhava was not abfent long: he returned to his beloved j whofe cheeks 

 were heated by the fultry gale of her (ighs. Her anger was diminifhed, not 

 wholly abated; but fhe fecretly rejoiced at his return, while the fh-ades of 

 night alfo were approaching. She looked abafhed at her damfel, while He, 

 with faltering accents, implored her forgivenefs. 



* Speak but one mild word, and the rays of thy fparkling teeth will 

 s difpel the gloom of my fears. My trembling lips, like thirfty Chacoras, 



* long to drink the moonbeams of thy cheek. my darling, who art natu- 

 i rally fo tender -hearted, abandon -thy caufelefs indignation. At this moment 

 4 the flame of ' dejire con fumes my heart : oh! grant me a draught of honey from 

 4 the lotos of thy mouth. Or, if thou beeft inexorable, grant me death from 

 4 the arrows of thy keen eyes; make thy arms rny chains; and punifh me 



* according to thy pleafure. Thou art my life ; thou art my ornament j 

 1 thou art a pearl in the ocean of my mortal birth : oh ! be favourable now., 

 4 .and my heart mall eternally be grateful. Thine eyes, which nature for- 



