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 VI. ] BENGALI LANGUAGE & LITERATURE. 651 in Bharata Chandra’s poem were all anticipated by Rama Prasada, and in fact the former seems in such matters to have taken his cue from him. Bharata Chandra gave a finish to the style by a harmony of expression which Rama Prasada had sought for in vain. Though himself a learned scholar and Sans- kritist, Rama Prasada scarcely shows a musical ear in this work. His efforts to introduce high sound- ing Sanskritic words are far from happy; they remind us of the attempts of the elephant to please Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden, as described by Milton :— “The unweildy elephant, To make them mirth, used all his might, and wreathed His lithe proboscis.” The style of Rama Prasada is made cumbrous by Sanskritic expressions, such as :— 1 “জলমস্থলে BIBT” “ক্ষেপ করে দশ দিক্ষু লোট্রবিবর্ধনে?? 1 “ পূর্ণচন্দ্র শোভা যেন পিবতি চকোর ” ং «“ আগত ভানু রজনী চলি যায়। বারে বারে ডাকে রাণী, জ।গুহি, জাগুহি উঠ উঠ প্রাণ গৌরী, এই নিকটে গিরি, এবমৃচিতমধুনা তব নহি নহি। স্থতমাগধ বন্দী কৃতাঞ্জলি কথয়তি নিদ্রা জহিহি জহিহি 1” your face.” + “In water, on land and in the sky.” i “As if the beauty of the full moon were drunk by the bird Chakora.”’ § ‘The sun is rising and the night goes away. O my Uma, awaken. There stands your father. You should not behave so. The bards and singers with closed palms are singing ‘ arise, awake 8252 from your sleep’. 83 Failure of Rama Prasada in Sanskritic style.
 * “সহজ্তে কলঙ্কী সে তবাস্য সম নহে?”
 * “The moon is spotted and so cannot bear comparison with