শিক্ষাবস্থা-কবিতা রচনার অভ্যাস । A) And clouds in thundering accents roar'd Unheeded warnings from on high ; The rain in darksome torrents fell, Hydaspes' waves did onward sweep, Like fiery Passion's headlong flow, To meet th' awaken'd calling deep ; The lightnihg flash'd bright-dazzling, like Fair woman's glance from 'neath her veil ; And on the heaving, troubled air, There was a moaning sound of wail ;- But, Ind ! thy unsuspecting sons Did heedless slumber-while the foe Came in stealthy step of deathCame as the tiger, noiseless, slow, To close at once its victim's breath Alas ! they knew not 'midst this gloom, This war of elements, was nurst,- Like to an earthquake in the womb Of a volcano, -deep and lowA deadlier storm-on them to burst II. 'Twas norn ; the Lord of Day, From gold Sumero's palace bright, Look'd on his own sweet cline, But, lo the glorious fag, To which the world in awe once bow'd, There in defiance waved On India's gales-triumphant-proud - Then rose the dreadful yell
