the Songs of j a y a d ts.' v a. 2oj 



* who haflen to their places of affignation : me fets off with blacknefs their 



* beautiful eyes ; fixes dark Tamala-leaxes behind their ears ; decks their 



* locks with the deep azure of water-lilies, and fprinkles nrviifk on their 

 4 panting bofoms. The nocturnal fky, black as the touchftone, tries now 

 s the gold of their affection, and is marked with rich lines from the flames 



* of their beauty, in which they furpafs the brighter! CuJIminans.' * 



Ra'dha', thus incited, tripped through the foreft; but iliame overpow- 

 ered her, when, by the light of innumerable gems, on the arms, the feet, 

 and the neck of her beloved, fhe law him at the door of his flowery man- 

 sion : then her damfel again addrefTed her with ardent exultation. 



' Enter, fweet Ra'dha', the bower of Her'i: feek delight, O thou, 



* whofe bofom laughs with th? foretafts of happinefs. Enter, fweet 



* Ra'dha', the bower graced with a bed of v4/j^-leaves : feek delight, O 



* thou, whofe garland leaps with joy on thy breaft. Enter, fweet Ra'dha'^ 



* the bower illumined with gay bloffoms : feek delight, O thou, whofe 



* limbs far excel them i.i foftnefs. Enter, O Ra'dha', the bower made 



* cool and fragrant by gales from the woods of Malaya: feek delight, O 



* thou, whofe amorous lays are fofter than breezes. Enter, O Ra'dha', 

 ' the bower fpread with leaves of twining creepers: feek delight, O thou, 

 4 whofe arms have been long inflexible. Enter, O Ra'dha', the bower* 



* which refoimds with the murmurs of honey-making bees : feek delio-ht, 

 ' O thou, whofe embrace yields more exquifite fweetnefs. Enter, O 



* Ra'dha', the bower attuned by the melodious band of Cocilas : feek de- 



* light, O thou, whofe lips, which outfhine the grains of the pomegranate, 



* are embellifhcd, when thou fpeakeft, by the brightnefs of thy teeth. Long 



* has he borne thee in his mind ; and now, in an agony of defire, he pants 



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