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If you wish to drown, do not torture yourself with shallow water.
If you wish to drown, do not torture yourself with shallow water.
The miller sees not all the water that goes by his mill.
The miller sees not all the water that goes by his mill.
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.
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.
Water its living strength first shows,
When obstacles its course oppose.
Water its living strength first shows,
When obstacles its course oppose.
The rising world of waters dark and deep.
The rising world of waters dark and deep.
"How does the Water
Come down at Lodore?"
"How does the Water
Come down at Lodore?"
The people are like water and the ruler a boat. Water can
support a boat or overturn it.
The people are like water and the ruler a boat. Water can
support a boat or overturn it.
A cup of cold Adam from the next purling stream.
A cup of cold Adam from the next purling stream.
