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WATER I'LL HAVE by DOROTHY BURGESS

First Line: NOW IT'S WATER I'LL HAVE TO LIVE BESIDE
Last Line: AND AN OLD, OLD PROMISE BROKEN.
Subject(s): WATER;
Now it's water I'll have to live beside
If it's only a brook through a hollow,
It needn't be deep, nor yet be wide,
But alive for my eyes to follow.

Alive, with a voice that my heart may know
And a tale that my heart may hearken.
Over it swiftly wind will blow
As each day's shadows darken.

And the way of the water and wind will bring
Rest from a word once spoken,
Forgetfulness of a dreary thing,
And an old, old promise broken.



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