Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume I. Of Home: of Friendship. 1904. | | | | Poems of Home: IV. Youth | | “Sweet stream that winds” | | William Cowper (1731–1800) |
| | | SWEET stream, that winds through yonder glade, | |
| Apt emblem of a virtuous maid,— | |
| Silent and chaste she steals along, | |
| Far from the world’s gay, busy throng; | |
| With gentle yet prevailing force, | 5 |
| Intent upon her destined course; | |
| Graceful and useful all she does, | |
| Blessing and blest where’er she goes; | |
| Pure-bosomed as that watery glass, | |
| And Heaven reflected in her face. | 10 | | | |
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