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©ouch, and the b.vy of his attendant nymphs, pretending to ftrike the 

 gnats from their cheeks in order to conceal their fmiles, warily retired from 



Bis bower. 



Go'vinda, feeing his beloved cheerful and ferene, her lips fparkling with 

 fmiles, and her eye fpeaking defire, thus eagerly addrefTed her ;. while me 

 careleilly reclined on the leafy bed ftrown with foft bloffoms. 



*' Set the lotos of thy foot on this azure bofom ; and let this couch be 

 "' victorious over all, .who rebel againft love. Give Jhort rapture ', fwect 

 'Ra'dha', to N a' r a'y a'n thy 'adorer. I do thee homage ; I prefs with my 

 4 blooming palms thy feet weary with fo long a walk. O that I were the 

 •■golden ring, that plays round thy ankle! Speak but one gentle word; 

 '■ bid nectar drop from the bright moon of thy mouth. Since the pain of 



* ab fence is removed, let me thus remove the thin veft, that envioully hides 



* thy charms. Bled mould I be, if thofe raifed globes were fixed on my 

 ' bofom, and the ardour of my paflion allayed. Oh! fuffer mei to quaff 



* the liquid hlifs of thofe lips ; reftore with their water of life thy Have, 



* who has long been lifelefs, whom the fire of feparation has confumed. 



* Long have thefe ears been afflicted in thy ab fence by the notes of the 

 1 Cocila: relieve them with the found of thy tinkling waift-bells, which 



* yield mufick almoft equal to the melody of thy voice. Why are thofe 



* eyes half clofed ? Are trey amamed of feeing a youth, to whom thy care- 

 « lefs refentment gave anguim ? Oh ! let affliction ceafe ^ and let extaly 

 a drown the- remembrance cf iorrow/ 



In the morning (lie rofe difarrayed, and her eyes betrayed a night with- 

 out {lumber j when the yellow-robed God, who gazed* on her with tranf- 



