THE HARMONY OF VIRTUE

V. 5. Kalidasa's “Seasons”259“The male cuckoo, drunk with wine of the juice of the mangoflower, kisses his beloved, glad of the sweet attraction, and herethe bee murmuring in the lotus-blossom hums flattery's sweetnessto his sweet.”There are other stanzas which anticipate something of theripest Kalidasian movements by their gravity, suavity and strength:AakMpyn( k¦suimta" shkarxa%a ivStaryn( pr.*tSy vca'is id=u -vayuivRvait òdyain hrÞra,a' nIharpativgmat( su.go vsNte --Àkampayan kusumitÀÕ sahakÀraÙÀkhÀ vistÀrayan parabhÐtasyavacÀÌsi dikØuvÀyurvivÀti hÐdayÀni harannarÀÍÀÌ nÈhÀrapÀtavigamÀt subhago vasante“Making to tremble the flowering branches of the mangotrees, spreading the cry of the cuckoo in the regions the windranges ravishing the hearts of mortals, by the passing of the dewfallsgracious in the springtide.”If we take Kalidasa anywhere in his lighter metres we shallat once perceive their essential kinship with the verse of the Seasons:šdmsul.vStup[aqRnadŒinRvar' p[qmmip mno me pHcva," i=,oit -ikmut mlyvatoNmIiltapa