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The rising world of waters dark and deep.
The rising world of waters dark and deep.
Don't you realize that the sea is the home of water? All water is off on a journey unless it's read more
Don't you realize that the sea is the home of water? All water is off on a journey unless it's in the sea, and it's homesick, and bound to make its way home someday
The cure for anything is salt water -- sweat, tears, or the sea.
The cure for anything is salt water -- sweat, tears, or the sea.
"How does the Water
Come down at Lodore?"
"How does the Water
Come down at Lodore?"
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?
Water is the only drink for a wise man.
Water is the only drink for a wise man.
I have drunk deep of the waters of my ancestors.
I have drunk deep of the waters of my ancestors.
It is the calm and silent water that drowns a man.
It is the calm and silent water that drowns a man.
'Tis rushing now adown the spout,
And gushing out below,
Half frantic in its joyousness,
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'Tis rushing now adown the spout,
And gushing out below,
Half frantic in its joyousness,
And wild in eager flow.
The earth is dried and parched with heat,
And it hath long'd to be
Released from out the selfish cloud,
To cool the thirsty tree.