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First Line: Stranger, whoe'er thou art, that stoop'st to taste
Last Line: Twixt mortal life and immortality.
Subject(s): Fountains


STRANGER, whoe'er thou art, that stoop'st to taste
These sweeter streams, let me arrest thy haste;
Nor of their fall
The murmurs (though the lyre
Less sweet be) stand to admire.
But as you shall
See from this marble tun
The liquid crystal run,
And mark withal
How fixed the one abides,
How fast the other glides;
Instructed thus, the difference learn to see
'Twixt mortal life and immortality.





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