'With which thou dost refresh the thirsty lip,
'And, all day long, moisten[366] these flowery fields!'
And, doubtless, sometimes, when the hair was shed
Upon the flowing stream, a thought arose
Of Life continuous, Being unimpaired;
That hath been, is, and where it was and is
There shall endure,—existence unexposed[367]
To the blind walk of mortal accident;
From diminution safe and weakening age;
While man grows old, and dwindles, and decays;