"How does the Water
Come down at Lodore?"

"How does the Water
Come down at Lodore?"

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.

And so never ending,
But always descending.

And so never ending,
But always descending.

'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.

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.

Water is the only drink for a wise man.

Water is the only drink for a wise man.

Still waters run no mills.

Still waters run no mills.

Fire, water and government know nothing of mercy.

Fire, water and government know nothing of mercy.

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

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