Poems of Nature (Thoreau)/Some Tumultuous Little Rill

by Henry David Thoreau

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SOME TUMULTUOUS LITTLE RILL

Some tumultuous little rill,
Purling round its storied pebble,
Tinkling to the selfsame tune,
From September until June,
Which no drought doth e'er enfeeble.

Silent flows the parent stream,
And if rocks do lie below,
Smothers with her waves the din,
As it were a youthful sin,
Just as still, and just as slow.