Lines on a Fountain + 

We love cold water as it flows from the fountain, + 

Which nature hath brewed alone in the mountain; + 

In the wild woods and in the rocky dell, + 

Where man hath not been but the deer loves to dwell; + 

And away across the sea in far distant lands, + 

In Asia’s gloomy jungles and Africa’s drifting sands; + 

Where to the thirsty traveller a charming spot of green + 

Is by far the rarest gem his eyes have ever seen; + 

And when he has quenched his thirst at the cooling spring, + 

With many grateful songs he makes the air to ring; + 

For many nights he dreams of this scene of bliss, + 

And when he thinks of Heaven it is of such as this. + 