As this loud brook's incessant fall In streaming rings restagnates all, Which reach by course the bank, and then Are no more seen : just so pass men.
Henry Vaughan
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- The Waterfall (Silex Scintillans, 1655); Exact wording and attribution checked. Spiritual meditation on flowing water and mortality. Text from E. K. Chambers’s 1896 edition, vol.I, pp.280–281.
- The Waterfall (Silex Scintillans, 1655)
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