The Mégha Dúta, Or, Cloud Messenger: A Poem, in the Sanscrit LanguageReprinted for Black, Parry, and Company, 1814 - 177 pages |
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... 113 upon his sacred neck , Amidst his ermine , owns some sable speck , So shall thy shade upon the mountain show , Whose sides are silvered with eternal snow ; 352 356 Where GUNGA leads her purifying waves , And the Musk 42 MÉGHA DÚTA , OR.
... 113 upon his sacred neck , Amidst his ermine , owns some sable speck , So shall thy shade upon the mountain show , Whose sides are silvered with eternal snow ; 352 356 Where GUNGA leads her purifying waves , And the Musk 42 MÉGHA DÚTA , OR.
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... sides with brightest lustre shine , A polished mirror , worthy charms divine ; Whose base a RAVAN from its centre wrung , Shaken not sundered , stable though unstrung : 127 396 400 Whose lofty peaks to distant realms in sight128 Present ...
... sides with brightest lustre shine , A polished mirror , worthy charms divine ; Whose base a RAVAN from its centre wrung , Shaken not sundered , stable though unstrung : 127 396 400 Whose lofty peaks to distant realms in sight128 Present ...
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... side like some dear friend , Behold the city of the Gods impend ; 138 Thy goal behold , where Ganga's winding rill Skirts like a costly train the sacred hill ; 436 Where brilliant pearls descend in lucid showers , And clouds like ...
... side like some dear friend , Behold the city of the Gods impend ; 138 Thy goal behold , where Ganga's winding rill Skirts like a costly train the sacred hill ; 436 Where brilliant pearls descend in lucid showers , And clouds like ...
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... side , and lulled by soft repose ; " And now I mark thee startle from thy sleep , " Loose thy enfolding arms , and wake to weep : " My anxious love long vainly seeks reply , 66 Till , as the smile relumes that lucid eye , 732 " Thy arch ...
... side , and lulled by soft repose ; " And now I mark thee startle from thy sleep , " Loose thy enfolding arms , and wake to weep : " My anxious love long vainly seeks reply , 66 Till , as the smile relumes that lucid eye , 732 " Thy arch ...
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... side . 764 This said he ceased : the messenger of air Conveyed to Alaca his wild despair ; The God of Wealth , relenting , learnt his state , And swift curtailed the limit of his fate ; 768 Removed the curse , restored him to his wife ...
... side . 764 This said he ceased : the messenger of air Conveyed to Alaca his wild despair ; The God of Wealth , relenting , learnt his state , And swift curtailed the limit of his fate ; 768 Removed the curse , restored him to his wife ...
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Alaca alluded allusion Amera Cósha amongst Argha Asiatic Researches beauteous beauty bird BRAHMA breast breath bright buds CA'LIDA'SA Cailása called CATULLUS celebrated celestial Charmanvati charms Chátaca Cloud COLEBROOKE colour commentators CRISHNA Cunda CUVÉRA CUVERA's dark deity delight described divine earth elephant English eyes fair fate female flame flight flowers fond Ganges gems glooms glow graceful heaven hills Hindoostan Hindu holy INDRA's lightning lofty Lord lotus LUCRETIUS Mahabharat Mála Malwa Mégha Dúta METASTASIO moon mountain Note o'er occurs original Oujein OVID Paradise Lost passage peacock perhaps pleasing poem poet poetical poetry Purána RA'MA Ramayana rendered Ritu Sanhára river round Sacontala sacred Sanscrit SCANDA scite shades shews showers Sir WM Síva Síva's smiling soft strain stream supposed Swerga tears thee Thence THEOCRITUS thine thou thy form translation trees tresses TRIPURA UDAYANA verse Vidisa Vindhya Vindhya range waves wife wind words Yacsha Yamuna
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Page 63 - Sometime, we see a cloud that's dragonish, A vapour, sometime, like a bear, or lion, A tower'd citadel, a pendant rock, A forked mountain, or blue promontory With trees upon't, that nod unto the world, And mock our eyes with air : thou hast seen these signs; They are black vesper's pageants.
Page 107 - In these two princely boys! They are as gentle As zephyrs, blowing below the violet, Not wagging his sweet head: and yet as rough, Their royal blood enchafd, as the rud'st wind, That by the top doth take the mountain pine, And make him stoop to the vale.
Page 83 - Seals of love, but seal'd in vain. Hide, oh, hide those hills of snow Which thy frozen bosom bears, On whose tops the pinks that grow, Are of those that April wears. But first set my poor heart free, Bound in those icy chains by thee.
Page 163 - How small, of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure ! Still to ourselves in every place consigned, Our own felicity we make or find : With secret course, which no loud storms annoy, Glides the smooth current of domestic joy.
Page 163 - Infernal World! and thou, profoundest Hell, Receive thy new possessor — one who brings A mind not to be changed by place or time. The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven.
Page 140 - Imbrowned the noontide bowers : thus was this place A happy rural seat of various view ; Groves whose rich trees wept odorous gums and balm ; Others whose fruit, burnished with golden rind, • Hung amiable, Hesperian fables true, If true, here only, and of delicious taste...
Page 156 - Vorl.icellae are contracted together, so that a large mass, expanding over the whole field of the microscope, suddenly disappears, and, ' like the baseless fabric of a vision leaves not a wreck behind.
Page 97 - Muhammadan paradise. The degree and duration of the pleasures of this paradise are proportioned to the merits of those admitted to it ; and " they, who have enjoyed this lofty region of Swarga, but whose virtue is exhausted; revisit the habitation of mortals.
Page 100 - In the meantime Travat, a mighty elephant, arose, now kept by the god of thunder; and as they continued to churn the ocean more than enough, that deadly poison issued from its bed, burning like a raging fire, whose dreadful fumes in a moment spread throughout the world, confounding the three regions of the universe with...
Page 159 - For colour,' lips : for sweet perfumes, her breath; For jewels, eyes ; for threads of purest gold, Hair; for delicious choice of flowers, cheeks; Wonder in every portion of that throne. — Hear her but speak, and you will swear the spheres Make music to the citizens in heaven.