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You could not step twice into the same rivers; for other waters are ever flowing on to you.
You could not step twice into the same rivers; for other waters are ever flowing on to you.
A flatterer has water in one hand and fire in the other.
A flatterer has water in one hand and fire in the other.
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.
OCEAN, n. A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man -- who has no gills.
OCEAN, n. A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man -- who has no gills.
And so never ending,
But always descending.
And so never ending,
But always descending.
How sweet from the green mossy brim to receive it,
As, poised on the curb, it inclined to my read more
How sweet from the green mossy brim to receive it,
As, poised on the curb, it inclined to my lips!
Not a full blushing goblet could tempt me to leave it,
The brightest that beauty or revelry sips.
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.
The people are like water and the ruler a boat. Water can
support a boat or overturn it.
The people are like water and the ruler a boat. Water can
support a boat or overturn it.
Enough shovels of earth -- a mountain. Enough pails of water -- a river.
Enough shovels of earth -- a mountain. Enough pails of water -- a river.
