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TO A SPRING-HEAD IN SOUTH WALES
Child of the rock! not chill as those
That from the sapphire glacier go,
Yet marble-fresh to lips and brows
That dip within thy lucid flow,
And rise with quicken'd strength, and inward glow:
That from the sapphire glacier go,
Yet marble-fresh to lips and brows
That dip within thy lucid flow,
And rise with quicken'd strength, and inward glow:
—Like thee the wise,—with equal glance
Watching the fever of the day,
The boasts of premature advance,
The groans of querulous dismay,—
Hot hopes, weak fears, with temperate draughts allay.
Watching the fever of the day,
The boasts of premature advance,
The groans of querulous dismay,—
Hot hopes, weak fears, with temperate draughts allay.
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—E'en thus with pure unswerving force
Thine unremittent waters go;
And all around thy cradle-source
The ferns their green embroidery throw,
And the lush grasses net themselves below:—
Thine unremittent waters go;
And all around thy cradle-source
The ferns their green embroidery throw,
And the lush grasses net themselves below:—
And from the homestead in the glen
A girl her hollow pitcher brings,
And loads with liquid crystal:—then
Above her head the weight she swings,
And down the vale her even carol rings.
A girl her hollow pitcher brings,
And loads with liquid crystal:—then
Above her head the weight she swings,
And down the vale her even carol rings.
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