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of his beloved excited in his ſoul! From that joyous commotion of his heart aroſe the Queen of young deſire; on the fond fluctuation of his boſom glided the new-born Venus, deckt in all her glowing potency of charms. And thou too, O Cupid, O Cupid, or if Rama-deva more delight thine ear; art thou not alſo with all thy graces a glad emanation of primal bliſs?—But as yet the Demon!of Avarice had not poiſoned thebſource of joy; thy darts, O Love, were not barbed with deſpair; but

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