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A cup of cold Adam from the next purling stream.
A cup of cold Adam from the next purling stream.
The rising world of waters dark and deep.
The rising world of waters dark and deep.
Water which is too pure has no fish
Water which is too pure has no fish
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.
With true friends . . . even water drunk together is sweet enough.
With true friends . . . even water drunk together is sweet enough.
"How does the Water
Come down at Lodore?"
"How does the Water
Come down at Lodore?"
And pines with thirst amidst a sea of waves.
And pines with thirst amidst a sea of waves.
What, man! more water glideth by the mill
That wots the miller of; and easy it is
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What, man! more water glideth by the mill
That wots the miller of; and easy it is
Of a cut loaf to steal a shive, we know:
Though Bassianus be the emperor's brother,
Better then he have worn Vulcan's badge.
