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the icorching winds, arriving at lengthin
iome green vale, where rivuiets are enam-
eled with banks OF flowers; trees dro
balainic gums; birds ing in the thickets,
ana fragrance 'doats in the wind hops
while, and, eachanted by fuch various
beauty, fingers I'll evening: 70 l, having
arrived in the Ely fan regions of poetry
and imagination, not content to fay an
hour and then depart, fill love TO ramble
into every grove, and 10 trace the beauties
OF every profpect. AS my laa contained
fomc of the many beauties of Sotomon's
Song, il now remains to exhibit forne fpe-
cimens OF the Gitagovinda. Thou, my
friend, wilt remember, that the fubject OF
this poem is the loves of Radha & Chrilh.
ma: Chrhna is called thro the poem by
icyeral other names, as Herr, Madhava,
the vanqufher of the demon ,CeG, the de-
hfover of Canfa, &c.
The Introductory lines of the poem in
form the reader of the fubject.
&c The armament is obfcured by oais;
the woodlands ars black with Tamala
trees; that youth who roves in the foreG
will be fearful in the gloom of night; 60
my daughter bring the wanderer home
to my ru.tic manGon. Such was the com
mand of Nanda, the fortunate herdtman:
and hence arofe the love of Radha and
Madhava, who fported ON the banks of
Yamana, or haaened eagerly TO the lecrct
bower
Obedient to the command of her
futh o,1b tha
in icarch of Chrithna; the poem then pro-
ceeds:
Radha fought him long in vain, and
her thoughts were COMPOUNDED by the fever
OF de.ire,: ihe roved in the vernal morning
among the twining Valantis, covered
with iof, bottoms, when a DANIEL thus ad-
drelied her with youthful hilarity sThe
gale, that has wantoned round the bcauti-
tut Glove plants, breathes now from the
hills of Mayiaya. The Tamala, with
leaves dark and odorous, claims tribute
from the muA1, which it vanquiIhcs: fee
the bunchcs of Patali flowers filed with
bees, like the culver of Smara, full of
fhdfts while the Amra tree, with bloom
ing treiies, is embraced by the gay creeper
Antimutta, and the blue itrcams Of Yanu.
ma, wind round the groves of Vrinlavan.
In this charming JrG/on, 7Obieb giues toiu
t0JrparAtea hVeys, ye1xg H<ulparls and
dances 4vit6 a company ef damfh.'
The jealous Radha gave no anfver
and ioon after, her ofic;ous friend, per-
ceiving the foe of Mura, in the forcls, ca
ger for the rapturous embraces Of the herdf-
mems daughters, with whom he was dane
Ing, thus again addTeaed his forgotten milf
tres:
With a garland ofwild flowers, de-
fcending even to the yellow mantle, that
girds his azure limbs, difinguifhed by
fniling cheeks and by ear rings, that fpar-
l.le, as he plays, Hen exits IN tie 4Gem-
bly, If nm,,ans dam/els. One of them pref
fes him with her fweliing breaR, while lhe
warb!cs with exquiGte melody. Another
affected by aglance from his eye, Gands
mcdisating on the lotos of his face. A
third, on pretence Of whifpcring 4ecree
in his ear, approaches his temples, and xii
les them with arior. One leizes his man
tie, and draws hin towards her, pointing
10 the bower on the bani.s of Yamana.
where elesant VanjulaS iutcrweave thei
branches. he appIdais another, who
dances in tic iportige circle, while her
bracelets ring as (ne beats time With her
palms. Movie careAcs one, and kites
another, fthiiing on third wiki compI4.
ccncy end low he Chaies hes, " hoic beau
~ has mot allused h.n. Thus the wan
ton Hcri froIicEs, il the fealon Of fwects,
among the maids Of Vrlja,. who roth 10 his
embraces, as lac were piealure i,lclfafun-
ing a human form and one sErben, under
a pfe,eM Of hyinniog MS divine perlccli- |
onS, whipcss 10 his ear: Ky lips my