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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=339872" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Rippling Water</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The maiden sat by the river side<br>(The rippling water murmurs by),<br>And sadly into the clear blue tide<br>The salt tear fell from her clear blue eye.<br>' 'Tis fixed for better, for worse,' she cried,<br>'And to-morrow the bridegroom claims the bride.<br>Oh ! wealth and power and rank and pride<br>Can surely peace and happiness buy.<br>I was merry, nathless, in my girlhood's hours,<br>'Mid the waving grass, when the bright sun shone.<br>Shall I be as merry in Marmaduke's towers ?'<br>(The rippling water murmurs on.)<br> <br>Stephen works for his daily bread<br>(The rippling water murmurs low),<br>Through the crazy thatch that covers his head<br>The rain-drops fall and the wind-gusts blow.<br>'I'll mend the old roof-tree,' so he said,<br>'And repair the cottage when we are wed.'<br>And my pulses throbb'd, and my cheek grew red,<br>When he kiss'd me—that was long ago.<br>Stephen and I, should we meet again,<br>Not as we've met in days that are gone,<br>Will my pulses throb with pleasure or pain ?<br>(The rippling water murmurs on.)<br> <br>Old Giles, the gardener, strok'd my curls<br>(The rippling water murmurs past),<br>Quoth he, 'In laces and silks and pearls<br>My child will see her reflection cast ;<br>Now I trust in my heart that your lord will be<br>Kinder to you than he was to me,<br>When I lay in the gaol, and my children three<br>With their sickly mother kept bitter fast.'<br>With Marmaduke now my will is law,<br>Marmaduke's will may be law anon ;<br>Does the sheath of velvet cover the claw ?<br>(The rippling water murmurs on.)<br> <br>Dame Martha patted me on the cheek<br>(The rippling water murmurs low),<br>Saying, 'There are words that I fain would speak—<br>Perhaps they were best spoken though ;<br>I can't persuade you to change your mind,<br>And useless warnings are scarcely kind,<br>And I may be foolish as well as blind,<br>But take my blessing whether or no.'<br>Dame Martha's wise, though her hair is white,<br>Her sense is good, though her sight is gone—<br>Can she really be gifted with second sight ?<br>(The rippling water murmurs on.)<br> <br>Brian of Hawksmede came to our cot<br>(The rippling water murmurs by),<br>Scatter'd the sods of our garden plot,<br>Riding his roan horse recklessly ;<br>Trinket and token and tress of hair,<br>He flung them down at the door-step there,<br>Said, 'Elsie ! ask your lord, if you dare,<br>Who gave him the blow as well as the lie.'<br>That evening I mentioned Brian's name,<br>And Marmaduke's face grew white and wan,<br>Am I pledged to one of a spirit so tame ?<br>(The rippling water murmurs on.)<br> <br>Brian is headstrong, rash, and vain<br>(The rippling water murmurs still),<br>Stephen is somewhat duller of brain,<br>Slower of speech and milder of will ;<br>Stephen must toil a living to gain,<br>Plough and harrow and gather the grain ;<br>Brian has little enough to maintain<br>The station in life which he needs must fill ;<br>Both are fearless and kind and frank,<br>But we can't win all gifts under the sun—<br>What have I won save riches and rank ?<br>(The rippling water murmurs on.)<br> <br>Riches and rank, and what beside<br>(The rippling water murmurs yet),<br>The mansion is stately, the manor is wide,<br>Their lord for a while may pamper and pet ;<br>Liveried lackeys may jeer aside,<br>Though the peasant girl is their master's bride,<br>At her shyness, mingled with with awkward pride,—<br>'Twere folly for trifles like these to fret ;<br>But the love of one that I cannot love,<br>Will it last when the gloss of his toy is gone ?<br>Is there naught beyond, below, or above ?<br>(The rippling water murmurs on.)</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Adam+Lindsay+Gordon">Adam Lindsay Gordon</a><div class=q>
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(The rippling water murmurs by),
And sadly into the clear blue tide
The salt tear fell from her clear blue eye.
' 'Tis fixed for better, for worse,' she cried,
'And to-morrow the bridegroom claims the bride.
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