“On every thorn, delightful wisdom grows, In every rill a sweet instruction flows.”
Edward Young (1683–1765) English poet
“The mountain rill
Seeks with no surer flow the far bright sea,
Than my unchang'd affections flow to thee.”
To One Beloved.
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