McGuffey's Fourth Reader Grade 5馃 Poems

The Fountain

James Russell Lowell 路 McGuffey's Fourth Reader 路 1 min read
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1.
Into the sunshine,
Full of the light,
Leaping and flashing,
From morn till night!

2.
Into the moonlight,
Whiter than snow,
Waving so flower-like
When the winds blow!

3.
Into the starlight,
Rushing in spray,
Happy at midnight,
Happy by day!

4.
Ever in motion,
Blithesome and cheery,
Still climbing heavenward,
Never aweary;

5.
Glad of all weathers,
Still seeming best,
Upward or downward,
Motion, thy rest;

6.
Full of a nature
Nothing can tame,
Changed every moment,
Ever the same;

7.
Ceaseless aspiring,
Ceaseless content,
Darkness or sunshine
Thy element;

8.
Glorious fountain!
Let my heart be
Fresh, changeful, constant,
Upward like thee!