As I watched thee ripple by,
Still I deemed thy joy and glitter
Sweetest of life’s prophecy.
See, it widens to the ocean!
See, the river overflows!
Shining river of my childhood,
Life is fullest at its close!
“To find fault, some one may say, is easy, and in every man’s power; but to point out the proper course to be pursued in the present circumstances, that is the proof of a wise counselor.”—Demosthenes.