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sbort respite from his curse, and rejoinss
- the howers Of bliss his daughter and
his beloved Yedillian.
Kehama at length. by the completion
of the important sacrifice having become
master not only Of the earth, but oil
NIount Mern and the Swerga itself, and
Ladurlad and his daughter being once
more left to wander OH the earth; they
fix their residence in rural retreat
which Kailyal however does not long en-
;ov. The priests Of JagaNaut, seeking
a eonsort for their idol, carry her by force
TO his temple, where she is delivered from
the lust of the "bramin OF the fame, by
the appearance of her old enemy Arvalan.
The eIendoveer who descends to her as
sistance is seized and bound by host oil
demons who, at the command of the en-
chantress Lorrinite, the accomplish OF
ArvaIan, convey him to the sepulchres OF
Baly below the pillows of the ocean, when
Kailyal in despair sets fire to the Pagoda
but. thanks to Kehama's curse, is res
cuetl from the flames by her father who.
by the assistance Of the same maglcai
charm, is enabled to descend into the
ocean, and deliver the generous glendoVeer
from bis enthralment. kehama in the
course Of his reading in the book OF fate
has discovered that himself and Kailyal
are the only two mortals who are to drink
of the Amyeeta cup, or the cup oil I'M
mortality; but the offer which, in conse-
ouence of this discovery. he makes her
of his hand and throne is rejected by Kali
val with adherence, who accompanies
her father and the glendoveer Ereenia to
the abode of Yamen, the region OF the
dead, whittier Ereenia has been instructed
by Seeya, the supreme God. to descend
and await the crisis which is about to put
an end to the dominion of the potent Re
hama. A very exact Typographical de-
scription is given us Of these mansions OF
death whittier kehama in due time de-
scends, wrests from Yamen the dominion
Of his PadaIon. and drinks with eXultation
Of the Cup of Immortality which is there
deposited but
He did not know the awful mystery
Of that divinest cup, that as the Fps
Which touch it, even such its quality,
God or malignant.
He drinks and
Through his veins
Torture at once and immortality
A stream of poison doth the Amveeta run,
Infinite everlasting agony.
Far different its effect on the innocent
Kailyal who, endowed by the draught with
Immortality and bliss, is united forever to
her beloved Ereenia; the God OF death
releases Ladurlad from life. who follows
his daughter from these abodes Of the
dead,
Aud in the Swerga, in Yedillian's bower
All whom he lov'd he met to part no more,
While Yamen resumes his dominion over
Tadaion.
This is very wild. and in our humble
prose a very dull story: but it is admi-
rabIy adapted to MIR. Southey's descrjp-
tive and discursive genius. as we are hur-
ried in very rapid succession from the
earth through several of the Hindu para
discs. anon are conducted into the bowels
of the ocean. and by still bolder plunge
into the regions of the dead and the dun
gecns Of the damned; and are presented
with delineations Of those various scenes
by very spirited and mastery painter
sorne Of these, and other passages from
the Poem we proceed to lay before our
readers.
ITO be coninued.]
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