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THE FOUNTAIN

Into the sunshine,

Full of the light,

Leaping and flashing

From morn till night;

Into the moonlight,

Whiter than snow,

Waving so flower-like

When the winds blow;

Into the starlight

Rushing in spray,

Happy at midnight,

Happy by day;

Ever in motion,

Blithesome and cheery,

Still climbing heavenward,

Never aweary;

Glad of all weathers,

Still seeming best,

Upward or downward.

Motion thy rest;

Full of a nature

Nothing can tame,

Changed every moment,

Ever the same;

Ceaseless aspiring,

Ceaseless content,

Darkness or sunshine

Thy element;

Glorious fountain.

Let my heart be

Fresh, changeful, constant,

Upward, like thee!