Water (fragment)

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Title:     Water (fragment)
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson [More Titles by Emerson]

The water understands
Civilization well;
It wets my foot, but prettily
It chills my life, but wittily,
It is not disconcerted,
It is not broken-hearted:
Well used, it decketh joy,
Adorneth, doubleth joy:
Ill used, it will destroy,
In perfect time and measure
With a face of golden pleasure
Elegantly destroy.

[The end]
Ralph Waldo Emerson's poem: Water (fragment)

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