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The miller sees not all the water that goes by his mill.
The miller sees not all the water that goes by his mill.
A cup of cold Adam from the next purling stream.
A cup of cold Adam from the next purling stream.
With true friends . . . even water drunk together is sweet enough.
With true friends . . . even water drunk together is sweet enough.
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.]
Enough shovels of earth -- a mountain. Enough pails of water -- a river.
Enough shovels of earth -- a mountain. Enough pails of water -- a river.
The formula for water is H2O. Is the formula for an ice cube H2O squared?
The formula for water is H2O. Is the formula for an ice cube H2O squared?
Only a fool tests the depth of the water with both feet.
Only a fool tests the depth of the water with both feet.
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.
