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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.
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.
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.
The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea,
than the mighty waves of the read more
The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea,
than the mighty waves of the sea.
And so never ending,
But always descending.
And so never ending,
But always descending.
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.]
And pines with thirst amidst a sea of waves.
And pines with thirst amidst a sea of waves.
Fire, water and government know nothing of mercy.
Fire, water and government know nothing of mercy.
