...Shaknntala (the name of the heroine) is a gem without a flaw. Goethe says, — " Wouldst thon the yonng year's blossoms and the fruits of its decline, And...which the soul is charmed, enraptured, feasted, fed ; Wouldst thou the earth and heaven itself in one sole name combine? I name thee, 0 Shaknntala, and...

...the civilized world. The four well-known lines of Goethe, so often quoted in relation to the Indian drama, may here be repeated : " Wouldest thou the...heaven itself in one sole name combine ? I name thee, 0 Sakoontala ! and all at once is said." <c Augustus William von Schlegel, in his first Lecture on...

...enriched with head and tail pieces and borders in gold and colours, (pub. £2 2e) cloth, 21* 1855 Wouldst thou the young year's blossoms and the fruits of its...which the soul is charmed, enraptured, feasted, fed ? Wonldst thou the earth and heaven itself in one sole name combine ? I name thee, O Sakoontulá !...

...Williams) of Goethe's oftenquoted lines about it. — • 'Wouldst thou the young year's hlossoms, and the fruits of its decline? And all by which the soul is charm'd, enraptured, feasted, fed ] Wouldst thou the earth and heaven itself in one sole name combine...

...Goethe in praise of S'akuntalii* may here be repeated : — " Would'st thou the young year's blossom and the fruits of its decline, And all by which the soul is charmed, enraptured, feasted, fed ? Would'st thou the earth and heaven itself in one sole name combine ? I name thee, O Sakoontala t...

...and cited by Professor Monier Williams in his recent translation of the play of iSacontola. ' Wouldst thou the young year's blossoms and the fruits of its...which the soul is charmed, enraptured, feasted, fed— Wouldst thou the earth and heaven itself in one sole name combine .' I name thee, O Sacontola ! and...

...of Professor E. B, Cowell. Goethe in the following words (Mr. EB East wick's translation) : Wouldst thou the young year's blossoms and the fruits of its...which the soul is charmed, enraptured, feasted, fed ? Wouldst thou the earth and heaven itself in one sole name combine ! I name thee, O S'akoontala !...

...superintendence <.f ProfwNir EB Powell. Goethe in the following words (Mr. EB East wick's translation) : Wouldst thou the young year's blossoms and the fruits of its...by which the soul is charmed, enraptured, feasted, M f Wouldst thou the earth and heaven itself in one sole name combine I I name thee, O S'akoontala...

...the fruits of its decline, And all by which the soul is charmed, enraptured, feasted, fed ? Wouldst thou the earth and heaven itself in one sole name combine i I name thee, O Sakoontala ! and all at once is said. I merely extract from my own translation of the...

...conveniently be adopted. The Deva-nagari recension 1 Thus translated by Mr. EB Eastwick :— ' Wouldst thou the young year's blossoms and the fruits of its...which the soul is charmed, enraptured, feasted, fed, Wouldst thou the earth, and heaven itself in one sole name combine ? I name thee, O Sakuntala ! and...