"Stand still, you floods, do not deface That image which you bear: So votaries, from every place, To you shall altars rear.No winds but lovers' sighs blow here, To trouble these glad streams, On which no star from any sphere Did ever dart such beams."
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On Sight Of A Gentlewoman's Face In The Water
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Thomas Carew
Thomas Carew (pronounced like "Carey") (1595 β March 22, 1640) was an English poet.
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