The fire of nature, that had so long
lain dormant or conceal'd, began to break out, and made me
feel my sex the first time. He had now changed his pos-
ture, and swam prone on his belly, striking out with his
legs and arms, finer modell'd than which could not have
been cast, whilst his floating locks played over a neck and
shoulders whose whiteness they delightfully set off. Then
the luxuriant swell of flesh that rose form the small of
his back, and terminated its double cope at where the
thighs are sent off, perfectly dazzled one with its watery
glistening gloss.
"By this time I was so affected by this inward involu-
tion of sentiments, so soften'd by this sight, that now,
betrayed into a sudden transition from extreme fears to ex-
treme desires, I found these last so strong upon me, the
heat of the weather too perhaps conspiring to exalt their
rage, that nature almost fainted under them. Not that I so
much as knew precisely what was wanting to me: my only
thought was that so sweet a creature as this youth seemed
to me could only make me happy; but then, the little like-
lihood there was of compassing an acquaintance with him, or
perhaps of ever seeing him again, dash'd my desires, and
turn'd them into torments. I was still gazing, with all
the powers of my sight, on this bewitching object, when, in
an instant, down he went.
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