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Mark where transparent waters glide, Soft flowing o'er their tranquil bed; There, cradled on the dimpling tide, Nymphæa rests her lovely head.

But conscious of the earliest beam, She rises from her humid rest, And sees reflected in the stream The virgin whiteness of her breast.

Till the bright daystar to the west Declines, in Ocean's surge to lave, Then folded in her modest vest, She slumbers on the rocking wave.