Poems (Lowell, 1844, English edition)/The Fountain

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THE FOUNTAIN.

Into the sunshine,Full of the light,Leaping and flashingFrom morn till night!
Into the moonlight,Whiter than snow,Waving so flower-likeWhen the winds blow!
Into the starlightRushing in spray, ​Happy at midnight,Happy by day!
Ever in motion,Blithesome and cheery,Still climbing heavenward,Never aweary;—
Glad of all weathers,Still sceming best,Upward or downward,Motion thy rest;—
Full of a natureNothing can tame,Changed every moment,Ever the same;—
Ceaseless aspiring,Ceaseless content,Darkness or sunshineThy element;—
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Glorious fountain!Let my heart beFresh, changeful, constant,Upward, like thee!
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