The rising world of waters dark and deep.

The rising world of waters dark and deep.

A Rechabite poor Will must live,
And drink of Adam's ale.

A Rechabite poor Will must live,
And drink of Adam's ale.

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.

For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground,
which cannot be gathered up again; read more

For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground,
which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any
person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not
expelled from him.

Water is the only drink for a wise man.

Water is the only drink for a wise man.

Beware of silent dogs and still waters.

Beware of silent dogs and still waters.

"How does the Water
Come down at Lodore?"

"How does the Water
Come down at Lodore?"

And so never ending,
But always descending.

And so never ending,
But always descending.

The deeper the waters are, the more still they run.

The deeper the waters are, the more still they run.