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Water parted

Language: English

Water parted from the sea
may increase the river's tide.
To the bubbling fount may flee,
Or through fertile vallies glide.

Though in search of lost repose,
Through the land 'tis free to roam.
Still it murmurs as it flows,
Panting for its native home.


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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

Added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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