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 VI, ] BENGALI LANGUAGE & LITERATURE.’ 633 princess was sad, and the message of her sorrow was carried by the bird cufa. The poet describes the mission of the bird and the effect which his flight produced on the objects that he came in con- tact with. the bird through the sky, and the clouds became dark, in an excess of grief. A spark of this sorrow touched the disc of the moon and created a spot on its surface. The wings of the bird drooped under his burden of sorrow and they looked like lightning. The bird passed over the sea and its waters, in their deep woe, became saline.” These excesses of fancy, which should not be confounded with the play of poetic imagination, make the passages such gibberish as children may be heard amusing themselves with in their folk-lore. Ratnasen’s wrestling-feats and skill in riding, which have been graphically described in the poem, Ratatat have many points which remind us of the feats wrestling- eee : : feats. exhibited by modern circus troupes. They give us eee সেই ছুঃখে জলদ শ্তামল বর্ণ তেল ॥ ক্ষলিঙ্গ পড়িল উড়ি চাদের উপর । অন্তরে শ্তামল তহি ভেল শশধর। উড়িতে নারিল পাখ! শূন্যের উপর । উদ্ধাপাত হয় হেন বলে তারে নর॥ _ সমুদ্র উপর দিয়া করিল গমন। জলনিধি হইল তহি পুধিত লবণ ॥ Alaol’s Padmavati. 80
 * “ The message of her. sorrow was carried by
 * দুঃখের সংবাদ লয়ে বিহঙ্গ উড়িল।