It is the calm and silent water that drowns a man.

It is the calm and silent water that drowns a man.

Water is life's mater and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water.

Water is life's mater and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water.

Pouring oil on troubled water.

Pouring oil on troubled water.

"How does the Water
Come down at Lodore?"

"How does the Water
Come down at Lodore?"

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.

I have drunk deep of the waters of my ancestors.

I have drunk deep of the waters of my ancestors.

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

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

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.

Water, water, everywhere,
And all the boards did shrink;
Water, water, everywhere,
Nor any read more

Water, water, everywhere,
And all the boards did shrink;
Water, water, everywhere,
Nor any drop to drink.
The very deep did rot: O Christ!
That ever this should be!
Yes, slimy things did crawl with legs
Upon the slimy sea.