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THERE is a fountain, to whose flowery side By divers ways the children of the earth Turn day and night athirst, to measure forth Its sweet pure waters--health, and wealth, and pride, Power clad in arms, and wisdom Argus-eyed. But one apart from all is seen to stand, And take upin the hollow of his hand What to their golden vessels is denied; Baffling thir utmost reach. He, born and nursed In the glad sound and freshness of that place, 10 Drinks momently its dews, and feels no thirst: While from his bowered grot, or sunny space, He sorrows for that troop, as it returns Through the wide wilderness with empty urns!
Updated 2 August 1999 by the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections. |