Now down a long stairway for giants,
From basin to basin I spring;
All foaming, and roaring defiance,
My spray to the breezes I fling.
From basin to basin I spring;
All foaming, and roaring defiance,
My spray to the breezes I fling.
Then into a peaceful green meadow
I lazily, placidly flow,
And thence to the woodlands' dark shadow
With laughter and dancing I go.
I lazily, placidly flow,
And thence to the woodlands' dark shadow
With laughter and dancing I go.
I sparkle and bubble with pleasure,
As over the pebbles I slide;
I murmur a musical measure
As under the willows I glide.
As over the pebbles I slide;
I murmur a musical measure
As under the willows I glide.
In springtime I water the flowers
That nod their sweet faces to me;
In summer I drink up the showers,
And hurry them off to the sea.
That nod their sweet faces to me;
In summer I drink up the showers,
And hurry them off to the sea.
When Autumn's rich beauties are dying—
Then sadly I murmur my lay;
When o'er me the snow bank is lying,
I gurgle the winter away.
Then sadly I murmur my lay;
When o'er me the snow bank is lying,
I gurgle the winter away.
I ripple, I dimple, I bubble—
I chatter by day and by night.—
My laughter will banish your trouble,
My song is a giver's delight.
I chatter by day and by night.—
My laughter will banish your trouble,
My song is a giver's delight.
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