A History of Indian Literature v3.c35.s8.78

v3.c35.s8.78

Alexander von Humboldt² praises "the admirable trueness to nature" with which the first advent of the cloud in the beginning of the rainy season is described in the Meghadūta. L. W. Schroeder³ vouchsafes the value of the poem as "a treasure of unestimable value" and G. Meyer⁴ describes it as "the most beautiful bewailing of a yearning lover, that one can read."