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THE RIVER-GOD'S SONG by FRANCIS BEAUMONT

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First Line: DO NOT FEAR TO PUT THY FEET
Last Line: AND NOT A WAVE SHALL TROUBLE THEE.
Subject(s): RIVERS;
Do not fear to put thy feet
Naked in the river sweet;
Think not leech, or newt, or toad
Will bite thy foot when thou hast trod;
Nor let the water, rising high,
As thou wadest, make thee cry,
And sob; but ever live with me,
And not a wave shall trouble thee.


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