Upon his breast, his thighs, and every limb,

And up again, and close beside him swim,190

And talk of love. Leander made reply,

"You are deceiv'd; I am no woman, I."

Thereat smil'd Neptune, and then told a tale,

How that a shepherd, sitting in a vale,

Play'd with a boy so lovely-fair[33] and kind,

As for his love both earth and heaven pin'd;

That of the cooling river durst not drink,

Lest water-nymphs should pull him from the brink;