<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=538635" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Southampton Water</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Smooth went our boat upon the summer seas,<br>Leaving, for so it seemed, the world behind,<br>Its sounds of mingled uproar: we, reclined<br>Upon the sunny deck, heard but the breeze<br>That o'er us whispering passed, or idly played<br>With the lithe flag aloft. A woodland scene<br>On either side drew its slope line of green,<br>And hung the water's shining edge with shade.<br>Above the woods, Netley! thy ruins pale<br>Peered as we passed; and Vecta's azure hue <br>Beyond the misty castle met our view;<br>Where in mid channel hung the scarce seen sail.<br>So all was calm and sunshine as we went<br>Cheerily o'er the briny element.<br>Oh! were this little boat to us the world,<br>As thus we wandered far from sounds of care,<br>Circled by friends and gentle maidens fair,<br>Whilst morning airs the waving pennant curled;<br>How sweet were life's long voyage, till in peace<br>We gained that haven still, where all things cease!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=William+Lisle+Bowles">William Lisle Bowles</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=538635" data-title="Southampton Water de William Lisle Bowles" data-description="Smooth went our boat upon the summer seas, Leaving, for so it seemed, the world behind, Its sounds of mingled uproar: we, reclined Upon the sunny deck, heard but the breeze That o'er us whispering passed, or idly played With the lithe flag aloft. ..."></div> </div> </div>

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