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SOUTHAMPTON WATER.

1 Smooth went our boat upon the summer seas,
2 Leaving, for so it seemed, the world behind,
3 Its sounds of mingled uproar: we, reclined
4 Upon the sunny deck, heard but the breeze
5 That o'er us whispering passed, or idly played
6 With the lithe flag aloft. A woodland scene
7 On either side drew its slope line of green,
8 And hung the water's shining edge with shade.
9 Above the woods, Netley! thy ruins pale
10 Peered as we passed; and Vecta's
32 Isle of Wight.
azure hue
11 Beyond the misty castle
33 Kelshot Castle.
met our view;
12 Where in mid channel hung the scarce seen sail. [Page 52]
13 So all was calm and sunshine as we went
14 Cheerily o'er the briny element.
15 Oh! were this little boat to us the world,
16 As thus we wandered far from sounds of care,
17 Circled by friends and gentle maidens fair,
18 Whilst morning airs the waving pennant curled;
19 How sweet were life's long voyage, till in peace
20 We gained that haven still, where all things cease!

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Bowles, William Lisle, 1762-1850. The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles, Vol. I. With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by George Gilfillan. Edinburgh: James Nichol, 9 North Bank Street..., 1855, pp. 51-52.  (Page images digitized from a copy held at the University of California Libraries.)

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