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402 BENGALI LITERATURE হেরিলে হরিষচিত ন! হেরিলে মরি কেমনে এমন জনে রহিব পাসরি ॥: বিচ্ছেদে যে ক্ষতি তাহা অধিক মিলনে আখির কি 'আশা পুরে ক্ষণ দরশনে ॥ £ কিবা দিবা বিভাবরী পাসরিতে নাহি পারি আখি অনিমিথ পথ হেরিতে হেরিতে ॥ ৪ are examples of undoubtedly tine but spasmodic bursts of the miraculous gift ; but, excepting a few poems which are flawless gems in form and substance, his verse often stumbles and halts where there is need for a brisk and sustained pace. But he was undoubtedly a poet of high natural endow- ments, and the untutored feelings and passions of his heart he could express with unparal- _But true poetic qua- Jeled terseness and _ precision of ৪ touch. The rarest poetic feeling is oftener found in simpler verse than in an elaborate and studied masterpiece. The best and most characteristic of Nidhu Babu’s songs are love-songs ; but the limited subject of his verse never matters much, for in them he sometimes reaches a variety and a simple yet magnifi- cent quality which is beyond the accurate black-and- white artist. His oft-quoted songs— নয়নেরে দোষ কেন। মনেরে বুঝায়ে বল নয়নেরে দোষ কেন। আখি কি মজাতে পারে না হলে মনমিলন ॥

1 Ibid, p. 41. 2 Ibid, p. 12. ২ Ibid, p. 9.