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Cary, Alice, 1820-1871 [1859], The adopted daughter and other tales. (J.B. Smith and Company, Philadelphia) [word count] [eaf487T]. To look up a word in a dictionary, select the word with your mouse and press 'd' on your keyboard.
BY GEO. F. CHEVER, SALEM, MASS Cold, crystal water to me bring, Creation's wide and liquid wealth, From out whose gushing fountain's spring Eternal purity and health. O! who can count the precious worth Of such a boon to mortals given,— All other drinks are brewed on earth, But water cometh down from Heaven. Far in the clear, cold upper air, The Spirits of God's holy will This calm, pure Earth-drink fit prepare, And Heaven's unfailing fountains fill. No soul e'er fell to it a prey,— No palsied of the mind or limb Can trembling point to it, and say, “I drank my poison from its brim.” Then crystal water to us bring, Creation's wide and liquid wealth, From out whose gushing fountain's spring Eternal purity and health.
Cary, Alice, 1820-1871 [1859], The adopted daughter and other tales. (J.B. Smith and Company, Philadelphia) [word count] [eaf487T]. |
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