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of all, do not demur on reading the name of Bhar-
trihari at the head of these epigrams. Count them
up, and you will find the greater part taken from
his work, while precedent from India itself justi-
a god, no doubt.
Of these stanzas devoted to women some are
by its
recognition of this contrast, The Iranians,
*) 14 (*
P. E. M.
SHELBURNE, N. H.
i December, 1897.
INDIAN EPIGRAMS
*) 23 (*
II
III
IV
VI
well!
We yield to Kama's spell !
*) 29
VII
VIII
IX
XI
XII
XIII
XIV
XV
XVI
XVII
"
Why, pretty fool, art thou so slender grown ?
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twist,
Her ways are lightly missed.
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XXX
XXXI
XXXII
XXXIII
XXXIV
XXXV
XXXVII
?
wrought
Why slave for wealth when wisdom is
unbought ?
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XXXIX
XL
XLI
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age.
66 (*
XLIV
XLV
XLVI
XLVII
XLVIII
XLIX
There is
your dog, here stones to try at him
The king's dog ! what 's a man to do ?
If the Creator moulding goodly man
A pearl designed him to adorn the earth,
And then so fragile made that at the birth
It breaketh, whose the folly of the plan?
*) 73
LI
LII
LIII
LIV
Fate.
77
LV
Honor to Works
them the power
! in
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LIX
LX
And wends her way and this they call the Death.
:
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LXIII
LXIV
.LXV
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LXVII
LXVIII
LXX
LXXI
LXXII
LXXIII
LXXIV
LXXV
LXXVI
So be it : if
along the track
On Sorrow we turn our back,
still
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now,
Adding to loss a fear.
For if themselves they part what pangs they
leave !
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LXXXI
LXXXII
LXXXIII
LXXXV
LXXXVI
LXXXVII
LXXXIX
XCIII
XCIV
O silly parrot,
in the secret boughs
Where peril may not find thee, make thy house :
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