Page:History of Bengali Language and Literature.djvu/729

 VI.J] BENGALI LANGUAGE & LITERATURE. 687 addressing Chandrabhana said in jest (alluding to the match) ‘A diamond necklace dangles from the neck of acrow.’ The bride and the bridegroom heard the jest, and hung down their heads in modesty, and the women burst into loud laughter.” Ser (b) The poets of the School of Bharata Chandra. A host of poets who imitated the style of Bharata Chandra and who wrote in the latter part of the 18th century contributed works which have been suppressed by the Indian Penal Code. Stray copies of such works that came into our hands 25 years ago, are no longer available. But early in the roth century, the stories of Chandra K§gnta, of Nayantara, and Kamini Kumara enjoyed great popu- larity with certain sections of our community. The authors of these poems were not great scholars like Bharata Chandra, Jayanarayana or Anandamayl, but they carried the depraved and indecent taste of the new schoola step further. The moral atmosphere of young men living in towns was contaminated by their influence. Lord Byron’s gallant character, Don Juan, entered the harem of a moslem monarch, dis- guised as a female servant and so palmed himself off সখী চন্দ্রভাণে ৰলে চাতুরীতে । এ রত্বের মাল! কাকের গলাতে ॥ শুনি চাতুরী দম্পতী হেট মাথে। ঢলাঢল্‌ গলাগল্‌ সখী সর্দ তাতে 1” A marriage-scene by Anandamay! from Harilila. Chandra Kanta and Kamini Kumara ; their bad taste.