The Recognition of Śakuntalā 3.120
Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) 3.120
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3.120
Though deeply longing, maids are coy
And bid their wooers wait;
Though eager for united joy
In love, they hesitate. Love cannot torture them, nor move
Their hearts to sudden mating;
Perhaps they even torture love
By their procrastinating.