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Pouring oil on troubled water.
Pouring oil on troubled water.
The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea,
than the mighty waves of the read more
The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea,
than the mighty waves of the sea.
Stones are hollowed out by the constant dropping of water.
Stones are hollowed out by the constant dropping of water.
O Lord! methought what pain it was to drown!
What dreadful noise of waters in mine ears!
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O Lord! methought what pain it was to drown!
What dreadful noise of waters in mine ears!
What sights of ugly death within mine eyes!
Methoughts I saw a thousand fearful wracks;
A thousand men that fishes gnawed upon;
Wedges of gold, great anchors, heaps of pearl,
Inestimable stones, unvalued jewels,
All scatt'red in the bottom of the sea:
Some lay in dead men's skulls, and in the holes
Where eyes did once inhabit, there were crept
(As 'twere in scorn of eyes) reflecting gems,
That wooed the slimy bottom of the deep
And mocked the dead bones that lay scatt'red by.
The deeper the waters are, the more still they run.
The deeper the waters are, the more still they run.
Beware of silent dogs and still waters.
Beware of silent dogs and still waters.
In an age when man has forgotten his origins and is blind even to his most essential needs for survival, read more
In an age when man has forgotten his origins and is blind even to his most essential needs for survival, water along with other resources has become the victim of his indifference
A flatterer has water in one hand and fire in the other.
A flatterer has water in one hand and fire in the other.
The rising world of waters dark and deep.
The rising world of waters dark and deep.
