
Sweet stream that winds through yonder glade,
apt emblem of a virtuous maid
silent and chaste she steals along,
far from the world's gay busy throng:
With gentle yet prevailing force,
intent upon her destined course;
graceful and useful all she does,
blessing and blest where'er she goes;
Pure-bosom'd as that watery glass,and Heaven reflected in her face.
William Cowper
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