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It is the calm and silent water that drowns a man.
It is the calm and silent water that drowns a man.
The formula for water is H2O. Is the formula for an ice cube H2O squared?
The formula for water is H2O. Is the formula for an ice cube H2O squared?
 Here's that which is too weak to be a sinner:
 Honest water, which ne'er left man i' th' mire.  
 Here's that which is too weak to be a sinner:
 Honest water, which ne'er left man i' th' mire. 
Water is life's mater and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water.
Water is life's mater and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water.
 Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through 
it. The river was cut by the world's read more 
 Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through 
it. The river was cut by the world's great flood and runs over 
rocks from the basement of time. On some of the rocks are 
timeless raindrops. Under the rocks are the words, and some of 
the words are theirs.
 I am haunted by waters. 
 It is wretched business to be digging a well just as thirst is 
mastering you.
 [Lat., Miserum est read more 
 It is wretched business to be digging a well just as thirst is 
mastering you.
 [Lat., Miserum est opus,
  Igitur demum fodere puteum, ubi sitis fauces tedet.] 
The miller sees not all the water that goes by his mill.
The miller sees not all the water that goes by his mill.
Stones are hollowed out by the constant dropping of water.
Stones are hollowed out by the constant dropping of water.
 The world turns softly
 Not to spill its lakes and rivers,
  The water is held in its read more 
 The world turns softly
 Not to spill its lakes and rivers,
  The water is held in its arms
   And the sky is held in the water.
    What is water,
     That pours silver,
      And can hold the sky?