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“Oh, could I flow like thee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme! Though deep, yet clear; though gentle, yet not dull; Strong without rage; without o'erflowing, full.”
Provenance
- Source:
- Cooper's Hill. Line 189.
- Type:
- Book
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 299d5a15642d25d1f81ba0f03e7ce5398e4831ad43795cc229a1b639247214f5
public domain
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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