Water's Quotes
More Water's Quotes
I dreamed that, as I wandered by the way, Bare Winter suddenly was changed to Spring, And gentle odours led my steps astray, Mixed with a sound of water's murmuring Along a shelving bankof turf, which lay Under a copse, and hardly dared to fling Its green arms round the bosom of the stream, But kissed it and then fled, as thou mightst in dream.
Percy Bysshe Shelley— 1822 'The Question', stanza1.
Rose of all Roses,Rose of all the World! The tall thought-woven sails, that flap unfurled Above the tide of hours, trouble the air, And God's bell buoyed to be the water's care.
— 1891 'The Rose of Battle', l.1-4. Collected in The Rose (1893).
We were standing where there was a fine view of the harbor and its long stretches of shore all covered by the great army of the pointed firs, darkly cloaked and standing as if they waited to embark. As we looked far seaward among the outer islands, the trees seemed to march seaward still, going steadily over the heights and down to the water's edge.
sarah orne jewett— Ch. 7 (The Country of the Pointed Firs (1896))
Dark and deserted as it was, the night was full of small noises, song and chatter and rustling, telling of the busy little population who were up and about, plying their trades and vocations through the night till sunshine should fall on them at last and send them off to their well-earned repose. The water's own noises, too, were more apparent than by day, its gurglings and 'cloops' more unexpected and near at hand; and constantly they started at what seemed a sudden clear call from an actual articulate voice.
Kenneth Grahame— Ch. 7, "The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn"
One day the water's gonna wash it away One day the water's gonna wash it away One day the water's gonna wash it away And on that day, nothing clever to say.
aaron weiss— Wolf Am I! (And Shadow).
But, wait! The water's getting colder, and colder...
— Who: Dot
— Source: The Oz Kids (Journey Beneath the Sea) (1996)
— Note: Zog freezes Dot to her death along with Neddie, Toto 2, Boris, Bela and Rick, but was resurrected when Queen Aquarine breaks the ice.
Till taught by pain, Men really know not what good water's worth; If you had been in Turkey or in Spain, Or with a famish'd boat's-crew had your berth, Or in the desert heard the camel's bell, You'd wish yourself where Truth is in a well.
lord byron— Lord Byron, Don Juan (1818–24), Canto II, Stanza 84.
