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 3 eS, [ড.] BENGALI LANGUAGE & LITERATURE. 351 new joy. Onthe banks of. the Ajay, under the shade of an Acoka tree, Khullang felt the tender emotions natural to youth. The red of the young heart ; and she wonderingly thought that the spring as the first sign of its advent had placed vermilion- marks on the brows of the trees. The joyful bee drank honey from one flower, 200 straightway visited the next just as the village priest having received presents at one house moves onward to another. Moved by the gentle breeze, the trees dropped the flowers, and Khullana received their floral gifts with joined hands keeping them for the worship of Kama Deva (the god of love) that the god might create a longing in the mer- chant’s heart for meeting her. The southern breeze blew softly. She pressed the Agoka and Kimc¢uka to her breast. The Ketaki, Dhataki, Champaka, and the Kafchana bloomed on all sides, and the bees roamed in their drunken ecstacy from flower to flower. The Acoka tree was surrounded by creepers, she hastened to it and said ‘O my friend, how fortunate you are! you are far এক ফুলে মকরন্দে, পান করি মহানন্দে ধায় অলি অপর কুহ্ুমে। এক ঘরে প্যায়৷ মান, গ্রামযাজি দ্বিজ যান অন্য ঘরে আপনার মনে । মন্দ মন্দ প্রভঞ্জনে, ABTA SRA ACA অঞ্চল পাতি লইয়া খুল্লনা । হইয়! কামের দাস, প্রভূ আপিবেন পাশ ভাবি করে কামের অর্চনা ।
 * leaves on the tree-tops about her, charmed her