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 The fountains of sacred rivers flow upwards (i.e., everything is 
turned topsy turvy.)  
 The fountains of sacred rivers flow upwards (i.e., everything is 
turned topsy turvy.) 
 Rivers are roads that move and carry us whither we wish to go.
 [Fr., Les rivieres sont des chemins read more 
 Rivers are roads that move and carry us whither we wish to go.
 [Fr., Les rivieres sont des chemins qui marchant et qui portent 
ou l'on veut aller.] 
 By shallow rivers, to whose falls
 Melodies birds sing madrigals.  
 By shallow rivers, to whose falls
 Melodies birds sing madrigals. 
 How bright the sunshine dances in its joy,
 O'er the still flow of this majestic river!  
 How bright the sunshine dances in its joy,
 O'er the still flow of this majestic river! 
 Out of the hills of Habersham,
 Down the valleys of Hall,
  I hurry amain to reach the read more 
 Out of the hills of Habersham,
 Down the valleys of Hall,
  I hurry amain to reach the plain;
   Run the rapid and leap the fall,
    Split at the rock, and together again
     Accept my bed, or narrow or wide,
      And flee from folly on every side
       With a lover's pain to attain the plain,
        Far from the hills of Habersham,
         Far from the valleys of Hall. 
 In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
 A stately pleasure-dome decree;
  Where Alph, the sacred river ran,
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 In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
 A stately pleasure-dome decree;
  Where Alph, the sacred river ran,
   Through caverns measureless to man
    Down to a sunless sea. 
 He who does not know his way to the sea should take a river for 
his guide.
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 He who does not know his way to the sea should take a river for 
his guide.
 [Fr., Les rivieres sont des chemins qui marchant et qui portent 
ou l'on veut aller.] 
 Where stray ye, Muses! in what lawn or grove,
 . . . .
  In those fair fields read more 
 Where stray ye, Muses! in what lawn or grove,
 . . . .
  In those fair fields where sacred Isis glides,
   Or else where Cam his winding vales divides? 
I love any discourse of rivers, and fish and fishing.
I love any discourse of rivers, and fish and fishing.