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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.]
The miller sees not all the water that goes by his mill.
The miller sees not all the water that goes by his mill.
The deeper the waters are, the more still they run.
The deeper the waters are, the more still they run.
"How does the Water
Come down at Lodore?"
"How does the Water
Come down at Lodore?"
The cure for anything is salt water -- sweat, tears, or the sea.
The cure for anything is salt water -- sweat, tears, or the sea.
Water is the only drink for a wise man.
Water is the only drink for a wise man.
Only a fool tests the depth of the water with both feet.
Only a fool tests the depth of the water with both feet.
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.
Water its living strength first shows,
When obstacles its course oppose.
Water its living strength first shows,
When obstacles its course oppose.
