If you wish to drown, do not torture yourself with shallow water.

If you wish to drown, do not torture yourself with shallow water.

A flatterer has water in one hand and fire in the other.

A flatterer has water in one hand and fire in the other.

Pure water is the best of gifts that man to man can bring,
But who am I that I read more

Pure water is the best of gifts that man to man can bring,
But who am I that I should have the best of anything?
Let princes revel at the pump, let peers with ponds make free,
Whisky, or wine, or even beer is good enough for me.

And pines with thirst amidst a sea of waves.

And pines with thirst amidst a sea of waves.

In an age when man has forgotten his origins and is blind even to his most essential needs for survival, read more

In an age when man has forgotten his origins and is blind even to his most essential needs for survival, water along with other resources has become the victim of his indifference

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.

A cup of cold Adam from the next purling stream.

A cup of cold Adam from the next purling stream.

Water which is too pure has no fish

Water which is too pure has no fish

And so never ending,
But always descending.

And so never ending,
But always descending.