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Come hither ye that thirst, Come to the waters free, With a blithesome bound and a joyful burst, Like a bird in its liberty. Drink at this holy spring, That flows for ever bright, Oh, hasten in faith! make wing, make wing, ’Tis a well of sweet delight. This living water flows Not heedlessly, nor vain; Drink, it a fountain of life bestows, Ye never can thirst again. Man’s heart, that barren place, Shall blossom like the rose, Grow fertile in love, and abound in grace, Wherever that water flows. And every plant shall show Clusters of goodly fruit, While all who gaze, in delight may know, That Christ is at its root. What fruit each plant may bring, Is his, and only his; For He the lovely and constant spring Of living water is.
Come hither ye that thirst, Come to the waters free, With a blithesome bound and a joyful burst, Like a bird in its liberty. Drink at this holy spring, That flows for ever bright, Oh, hasten in faith! make wing, make wing, ’Tis a well of sweet delight. This living water flows Not heedlessly, nor vain; Drink, it a fountain of life bestows, Ye never can thirst again. Man’s heart, that barren place, Shall blossom like the rose, Grow fertile in love, and abound in grace, Wherever that water flows. And every plant shall show Clusters of goodly fruit, While all who gaze, in delight may know, That Christ is at its root. What fruit each plant may bring, Is his, and only his; For He the lovely and constant spring Of living water is.
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- W. Martin (identity unresolved)
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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Page 657 · printed citation: W. Martin · subject: WATER
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