Дина Мария Крейк (Dinah Maria Craik) Текст оригинала на английском языке At the Linn-Side, Roslin O LIVING, living water, So busy and so bright, Aye flashing in the morning beams, And sounding through the night; O, golden-shining water,— Would God that I might be A vocal message from his mouth Into the world, like thee! O merry, merry water, Which nothing e’er affrays; And as it pours from rock to rock Nothing e’er stops or stays; But past cool heathery hollows And gloomy pools it flows; Past crags that fain would shut it in Leaps through,—and on it goes. O fresh’ning, sparkling water, O voice that ’s never still, Though winter lays her dead-white hand On brae and glen and hill; Though no leaf ’s left to flutter In woods all mute and hoar, Yet thou, O river, night and day Thou runnest evermore. No foul thing can pollute thee; Thy swiftness casts aside All ill, like a good heart and true, However sorely tried. O living, living water, So fresh and bright and free,— God lead us through this changeful world Forever pure, like thee! |
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