by Charles Mackay (1814 - 1889)

The rapid stream
Language: English 
O streamlet, swiftly flowing,
Down through the cornfields going,
  Stay thy course with me.
Stay thy course with me
  For us the skylarks sing,
  For us awakes the Spring;
There's time to spare, the earth is fair,
  Why hurry to the sea?

The sky is bright above thee,
Silv'ry branches love thee,
  Bending to the reeds;
Bending with the reeds;
  No mill with busy wheel,
  Or ship with ploughing keel,
With sad unrest disturbs thy breast,
  Amid the flow'ry meads.

O streamlet, swiftly flowing,
Stay thy course with me,
There's time to spare, the earth is fair,
  Why hurry to the sea?

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Word count: 102