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The sun was high when I came to a place where the ways divided,

and, while I stood hesitating which road to take, I heard the

cool plash andhot and thirsty, I scra to the brook, threwup the sweet pure water in my hands, drank my fill;

which done, I bathed my feet, and hands, and face, and became

much heartened and refreshed thereby Now because I have ever

loved the noise of running waters, in a little while, I rose and

walked on beside the strea to its blithesoiously, I cath to a sudden declivity dohich the water plunged in a

with a

thousand rainbow hues On I went, cliht,

until I found reen basin, very cool after

the heat and glare of the roads, for the high, tree-clad sides

affordedith soft lush grass underfoot and leafy arches