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Who see not that the valleys of the world Might even right with the mountains: that they grow Green and lie warmer; and ever peaceful are When clouds spit fire at hills, and burn them bare. Not valley’s part, but we should imitate streams That run below the valleys, and do yield To every mole-hill; every bank embrace That checks their currents; and when torrents come, That swell and raise them past their natural height, How mad they are and troubled; like low streams With torrents crown’d are men with diadems.
Who see not that the valleys of the world Might even right with the mountains: that they grow Green and lie warmer; and ever peaceful are When clouds spit fire at hills, and burn them bare. Not valley’s part, but we should imitate streams That run below the valleys, and do yield To every mole-hill; every bank embrace That checks their currents; and when torrents come, That swell and raise them past their natural height, How mad they are and troubled; like low streams With torrents crown’d are men with diadems.
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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Page 574 · printed citation: Chapman · subject: STREAM
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