পাতা:মাইকেল মধুসূদন দত্তের জীবন-চরিত - যোগীন্দ্রনাথ বসু.pdf/৩৭২

A)KOO জীবন-চরিত । out any misgiving old boy. Whether you place the brighest laurel-crown on his head ( the brightest of all the crowns yet worn in Bengal,) or kick him out from the holy temple of fame as an impudent intruder, you will find your humble friend a very submissive dog I hope you will not spare anything in the shape of weak or unpoetical thoughts, weak and nerveless expressions, and rough lines. You will find that your criticism on Tilottoma has mot fallen on barren ground. In the present work you will see nothing in the shape of “Erotic Similes” ; no silly allusions to the loves of the Lotus and the Moon; nothing about fixed lightnings, and not a single reference to the “incestuous love of Radha.” A Talking of criticism, I am told the Editor of the Indian Field (Kissory Chand) is going to ask you through Rajendra to review Tilottama for his Journal. I am sure he could not have gone to a better shop. I sent you a few lines, the other day, as the exordium of the Second Book of Meghnad. I have since changed my mind, and the second Book will be quite a different thing from what you probably expect. I have done nearly two hundred lines. I suppose you read the Bible. Well the stars in their course are fighting against Sisera. I am afraid there will be no Sudder Examination next year. It seems to be the decree of fate that I should write idle verses, and not make money. If nothing interrupts me, you may expect to see Meghanad finished by the end of the year. It is to be in five Books.