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WATER

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = Water, water, everywhere, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink. Coleridge—Ancient Mariner. Pt. II. St. 9. | seealso = (See also {{sc|Homek) | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = | page = 862 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = 15 | text = The world turns softly Not to spill its lakes and rivers, The water is held in its arms And the sky is held in the water. What is water, That pours silver, And can hold the sky? Hilda Conkltng—Water. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = | page = 862 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel. Genesis. XUX. 4. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = | page = 862 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = Water its living strength first shows, When obstacles its course oppose. Goethe—God, Soul, and World. Rhymed Distichs. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = | page = 862 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = And pines with thirst amidst a sea of waves. Homer—The Odyssey. Bk. XI. L. 722. {{sc|Pope}}'s trans. | seealso = (See also {{sc|Coleridge}}) | topic = | page = 862 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = Water is the mother of the vine, The nurse and fountain of fecundity, The adorner and refresher of the world. Chas. Mackay—The Dionysia. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = | page = 862 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = The rising world of waters dark and deep. | author = Milton | work = Paradise Lost. | place = Bk. III. L. 11. I'm very fond of water: It ever must delight Each mother's son and daughter,— When qualified aright. Lord Neaves—I'm very fond of Water. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = | page = 862 }}