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INSCRIPTION FOR A FOUNTAIN by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE

First Line: DEEP IN THE HEART OF THIS DIM WOOD
Last Line: THE FORTUNES OF A WORLD WILL TURN.

DEEP in the heart of this dim wood
Our Naiad pours her slender urn,
Nor dreams that round its gathering flood
The fortunes of a world will turn.



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