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.

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

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

There is no small pleasure in sweet water.
[Lat., Est in aqua dulci non invidiosa voluptas.]

There is no small pleasure in sweet water.
[Lat., Est in aqua dulci non invidiosa voluptas.]

I have drunk deep of the waters of my ancestors.

I have drunk deep of the waters of my ancestors.

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.

Water which is too pure has no fish

Water which is too pure has no fish

"How does the Water
Come down at Lodore?"

"How does the Water
Come down at Lodore?"

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

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

And so never ending,
But always descending.

And so never ending,
But always descending.