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Then thro' the floods pursu'd his hot desires,
(For floods could never quench a lover's fires.)
Still as he swam, he kept the light in view,
And was himself the ship, and pilot too.
Mean time, the nymph no easie labour finds
To screen the torch from rude tempestuous winds:
In ev'ry noise Leander's voice she hears,
And all his dangers doubles by her fears.
'Till, much fatigu'd, he landed on the shore,
And with a lover's fury fought the tow'r.
The fair one met him with extended arms,
And to his pleasure yielded all her charms:
In silent joy she hastens to her room,
And scents his body o'er with rich perfume.
The youth his nat'ral sweetness thus regain'd,
But panted still for what he had sustain'd.
Then both laid gently down; the loving bride
Clung to the bridegroom, and thus softly cry'd: