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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AT THE LINN SIDE; ROSLIN, by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK Poet's Biography First Line: O living, living water Last Line: Forever pure, like thee! Alternate Author Name(s): Mulock, Dinah Maria | |||
O LIVING, living water, So busy and so bright, Aye flashing in the morning beams, And sounding through the night; O golden-shining water -- Would God that I might be A vocal message from His mouth Into the world, like thee! O merry, merry water, Which nothing e'er affrays; And as it pours from rock to rock Nothing e'er stops or stays; But past cool heathery hollows And gloomy pools it flows; Past crags that fain would shut it in Leaps through -- and on it goes. O fresh'ning, sparkling water, O voice that's never still, Though winter lays her dead-white hand On brae and glen and hill; Though no leaf's left to flutter In woods all mute and hoar, Yet thou, O river, night and day Thou runnest evermore. No foul thing can pollute thee; Thy swiftness casts aside All ill, like a good heart and true, However sorely tried. O living, living water, So fresh and bright and free -- God lead us through this changeful world Forever pure, like thee! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DOUGLAS, DOUGLAS, TENDER AND TRUE by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK HER LIKENESS by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK NOW AND AFTERWARDS by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK ONLY A WOMAN by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK PHILIP, MY KING by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK A 'MERCENARY' MARRIAGE by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK A CHILD'S SMILE by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK A CHRISTMAS CAROL by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK A DEAD BABY by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK A DEAD SEA-GULL; NEAR LIVERPOOL by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK |
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