water-wanderer

Updated: May 9, 2025

Here, O idle water-wanderer, let your boat glide with the scarcely moving current, and gaze upon the leafy groves of the sub-aqueous wilderness lit up by the rays of the sun, and watch the fish moving singly or in shoals at various depths the bearded barbel, the spotted trout, the shimmering bream, and the bronzen tench.

Edward Harrison Barker - Two Summers in Guyenne