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Then said Almitra, "Speak to us of Love
" And he raised his head and looked upon the people, and there fell a stillness upon them
And with a great voice he said:
When love beckons to you follow him,

"Oh, dear, now the kingly monsoon is onset with its clouds containing raindrops, as its ruttish elephants in its convoy, and with skyey flashes of lighting as its pennants and buntings, and with the thunders of thunderbolts as its percussive ...

"Oh, dear, with the just unfolded tender leaflets of Mango trees as his incisive arrows, and with shining strings of honeybees as his bowstring, the assailant named Vasanta came very nigh, to afflict the hearts of those that are fully engaged...

Then a woman said, "Speak to us of Joy and Sorrow
" And he answered:
Your joy is your sorrow unmasked
And the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears

Then an old man, a keeper of an inn, said, "Speak to us of Eating and Drinking
" And he said:
Would that you could live on the fragrance of the earth, and like an air plant be sustained by the light
But since you must kill...

And a merchant said, "Speak to us of Buying and Selling
" And he answered and said:
To you the earth yields her fruit, and you shall not want if you but know how to fill your hands
It is in exchanging the gifts of the eart...

Then one of the judges of the city stood forth and said, "Speak to us of Crime and Punishment
" And he answered saying:
It is when your spirit goes wandering upon the wind,
That you, alone and unguarded, commit a wrong unt...

Then a ploughman said, "Speak to us of Work
" And he answered, saying:
You work that you may keep pace with the earth and the soul of the earth
For to be idle is to become a stranger unto the seasons, and to step out of li...

"On the departure of rainy season bechanced is autumn with a heart-pleasingly bloomed lotus as her face, betokening the heart-pleasing face of a new bride, and the autumnal fields of white grass with whitish flowers as her apparel, which beto...

In the stillest hour of the night, as I lay half asleep, my seven selves sat together and thus conversed in whisper:
First Self:
Here, in this madman,
I have dwelt all these years, with naught to do but renew his pain by day and rec...

"Delightful are trees and fields with the outgrowth of new tender-leaves and crops,
Lodhra trees are with their blossomy flowers, crops of rice are completely ripened, but now lotuses are on their surcease by far, for the dewdrops are fa...

A mason came forth and said, "Speak to us of Houses
" And he answered and said:
Build of your imaginings a bower in the wilderness ere you build a house within the city walls
For even as you have home-comings in your twili...