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.

Beware of silent dogs and still waters.

Beware of silent dogs and still waters.

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

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

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.

And pines with thirst amidst a sea of waves.

And pines with thirst amidst a sea of waves.

Stones are hollowed out by the constant dropping of water.

Stones are hollowed out by the constant dropping of water.

And so never ending,
But always descending.

And so never ending,
But always descending.

A Rechabite poor Will must live,
And drink of Adam's ale.

A Rechabite poor Will must live,
And drink of Adam's ale.