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ening glow to his bride. A few stanzas are given here. See, my beloved, how the sun With beams that o'er the water shake From western skies has now begun A bridge of gold across the lake. Upon the very tree-tops sway The peacocks; even yet they hold And drink the dying light of day, Until their fans are molten gold. The water-lily closes, but With wonderful reluctancy; As if it troubled her to shut Her door of welcome to the bee. The steeds that draw the sun's bright car, With bended neck and falling plume And drooping mane, are seen afar To bury day in ocean's gloom. The sun is down, and heaven sleeps: Thus every path of glory ends; As high as are the scaled steeps, The downward way as low descends. Shiva then retires for meditation. On his return, he finds that his bride is peevish at being left alone even for a little time, and to soothe her, he describes the night which is now advancing. A few stanzas of this description run as follows. The twilight glow is fading far And stains the west with blood-red light, As when a reeking scimitar Slants upward on a field of fight. And vision fails above, below, Around, before us, at our back; The womb of night envelops slow The world with darkness vast and black. Mute while the world is dazed with light, The smiling moon begins to rise And, being teased by eager night, Betrays the secrets of the skies. Moon-fingers move the black, black hair Of night into its proper place, Who shuts her eyes, the lilies fair, As he sets kisses on her face. Shiva and Parvati then drink wine brought them by the guardian goddess of the grove, and in this lovely spot they dwell happily for many years. _Ninth canto. The journey to Mount Kailasa_.--One day the god of fire appears as a messenger from the gods before Shiva, to remonstrate with him for not begetting the son upon whom heaven's welfare depends. Shiva deposits his seed in Fire, who departs, bent low with the burden. Shortly afterwards the gods wait upon Shiva and Parvati, who journey with them to Mount Kailasa, the splendid dwelling-place of the god of wealth. Here also Shiva and Parvati spend happy days. _Tenth canto. The birth of Kumara_.--To Indra, king of the gods, Fire betakes himself, tells his story, and begs to be relieved of his burden. Indra advises him to deposit it in the Ga
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