The miller sees not all the water that goes by his mill.

The miller sees not all the water that goes by his mill.

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.

Stones are hollowed out by the constant dropping of water.

Stones are hollowed out by the constant dropping of water.

"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.

'Tis a little thing
To give a cup of water; yet its draught
Of cool refreshment, drain'd read more

'Tis a little thing
To give a cup of water; yet its draught
Of cool refreshment, drain'd by fever'd lips,
May give a shock of pleasure to the frame
More exquisite than when nectarean juice
Renews the life of joy in happiest hours.

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

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

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

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

For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground,
which cannot be gathered up again; read more

For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground,
which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any
person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not
expelled from him.