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"How does the Water
Come down at Lodore?"
"How does the Water
Come down at Lodore?"
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.
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 sky broke like an egg into full sunset and the water caught fire.
The sky broke like an egg into full sunset and the water caught fire.
Stones are hollowed out by the constant dropping of water.
Stones are hollowed out by the constant dropping of water.
A cup of cold Adam from the next purling stream.
A cup of cold Adam from the next purling stream.
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.]
Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginnings of my
strength, the excellency of dignity, and the read more
Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginnings of my
strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:
Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up
to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my
couch.
It is the calm and silent water that drowns a man.
It is the calm and silent water that drowns a man.