"Serene yet strong, majestic yet sedate, Swift without violence, without terror great."
— Rivers

January 1, 1970

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Matthew Prior, Carmen Seculare, line 200. Imitation of Denham, regarding the River Thames, reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 785.