Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, INSCRIPTION ON A FOUNTAIN, FOR DOROTHEA L. DIX, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER



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First Line: Stranger and traveller
Last Line: Drink, and in his peace go!
Subject(s): Fountains; God


STRANGER and traveller,
Drink freely and bestow
A kindly thought on her
Who bade this fountain flow,
Yet hath no other claim
Than as the minister
Of blessing in God's name.
Drink, and in His peace go!





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