these waters, rolling

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FIVE years have past; five summers, with the length

Of five long winters! and again I hear

These waters, rolling from their mountain-springs

With a soft inland murmur. -- Once again

Do I behold these steep and lofty cliffs,

That on a wild secluded scene impress

Thoughts of more deep seclusion; and connect

The landscape with the quiet of the sky.

- From “Lines composed a few miles above Tintern Abbey

on revisiting the banks of the Wye during a tour, 13 July 1798”

by William Wordsworth (1770-1850)

- Photo of LeConte Creek, Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Thanks, Karen Sue

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