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The rising world of waters dark and deep.
The rising world of waters dark and deep.
You could not step twice into the same rivers; for other waters are ever flowing on to you.
You could not step twice into the same rivers; for other waters are ever flowing on to you.
It is the calm and silent water that drowns a man.
It is the calm and silent water that drowns a man.
The miller sees not all the water that goes by his mill.
The miller sees not all the water that goes by his mill.
'Tis rushing now adown the spout,
And gushing out below,
Half frantic in its joyousness,
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'Tis rushing now adown the spout,
And gushing out below,
Half frantic in its joyousness,
And wild in eager flow.
The earth is dried and parched with heat,
And it hath long'd to be
Released from out the selfish cloud,
To cool the thirsty tree.
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.
With true friends . . . even water drunk together is sweet enough.
With true friends . . . even water drunk together is sweet enough.
The deeper the waters are, the more still they run.
The deeper the waters are, the more still they run.
