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1807–1882

INSCRIPTION ON THE SHANKLIN FOUNTAIN

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

O traveller, stay thy weary feet; Drink of this fountain, pure and sweet; It flows for rich and poor the same. Then go thy way, remembering still

The wayside well beneath the hill, The cup of water in His name.

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