Sweet Rivers Poem by Emmanuel George Cefai

Sweet rivers that from
The nippled brasts ah! Breasts
So full of Beauty flow
And round the world and
Earth they lighten and they glow
Where drear resides at least
To bring a smile they try
And joy in part at least
To faces dull and wry.
Thus unloosed the tongue
Of a Poet Seer goes:
While a shy satyr in the
Bushes hides
When I come near
The rustlings of his
Flight in the bushes hear:
Hold! Stop! A glow worm
I was going to crush
But it lighted at once
To send a warning glow
My feet stopped slow
And I
Towards a coppice of
Thick trees
Where dotted by
The nightingales
The sweet song will glow.
In the night
In the night...
Time for spells
And magic over towns and
Cemetries:

Fragments of moon
Afloating the seas
And ocean mains
Floating
Floating
Floating
The breasts of the
Waters
Lighting
Coffin of waters
Seas and oceans
Repose
Repose