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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 the calm and silent water that drowns a man.
It is the calm and silent water that drowns a man.
The miller sees not all the water that goes by his mill.
The miller sees not all the water that goes by his mill.
'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.
And so never ending,
But always descending.
And so never ending,
But always descending.
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?
