<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=421302" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Nepean</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Far down the reach a creeping mist<br>Hung dim along the mountain side;<br>On shadowed water, sleek and whist,<br>I let the lazy shallop glide.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The ripple scarcely cut the green<br>That edged the central path of grey.<br>I drew the oars, and, all unseen,<br>Gave reverent greeting to the day.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Naked I stood with arms outspread<br>That opened wide the gates of dream;<br>Then breathless bent my wondering head<br>And sprang to meet the silent stream.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I slid and floated like a seal,<br>And bade my senses revel free,<br>From cheek to footsole I could feel<br>Her soft cool hands caressing me.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">A noise of tiny wavelets woke,<br>I quenched my drouth with delicate sips,<br>And, as I drank, the surface broke<br>In eager kisses on my lips.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The scented breath of morning turned<br>To incense as toward the west<br>At last, rock-altar'd, I discerned<br>The sunshine on the mountain crest.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">That light of blessing from the sky<br>Made us the fuel of its blaze,<br>And fragrant bush and stream and I<br>Were one aspiring cry of praise.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+Le+Gay+Brereton">John Le Gay Brereton</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=421302" data-title="The Nepean de John Le Gay Brereton" data-description="Far down the reach a creeping mist Hung dim along the mountain side; On shadowed water, sleek and whist, I let the lazy shallop glide. The ripple scarcely cut the green That edged the central path of grey. I drew the oars, and, all unseen, Gave r..."></div> </div> </div>

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