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THE BROOK AND THE WAVE by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW

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First Line: THE BROOKLET CAME FROM THE MOUNTAIN
Last Line: THAT TURBULENT BITTER HEART!

The brooklet came from the mountain,
As sang the bard of old,
Running with feet of silver
Over the sands of gold!

Far away in the briny ocean
There rolled a turbulent wave,
Now singing along the sea-beach,
Now howling along the cave.

And the brooklet has found the billow
Though they flowed so far apart,
And has filled with its freshness and sweetness
That turbulent bitter heart!






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