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<h2><SPAN name="Fountain" id="Fountain"></SPAN>THE FOUNTAIN</h2> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span>Into the sunshine,<br/></span> <span class="i1">Full of the light,<br/></span> <span>Leaping and flashing<br/></span> <span class="i1">From morn till night!<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span>Into the moonlight,<br/></span> <span class="i1">Whiter than snow,<br/></span> <span>Waving so flower-like<br/></span> <span class="i1">When the winds blow!<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span>Into the starlight,<br/></span> <span class="i1">Rushing in spray,<br/></span> <span>Happy at midnight,<br/></span> <span class="i1">Happy by day;<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span>Ever in motion,<br/></span> <span class="i1">Blithesome and cheery,<br/></span> <span>Still climbing heavenward<br/></span> <span class="i1">Never aweary;&mdash;<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span>Glad of all weathers;<br/></span> <span class="i1">Still seeming best,<br/></span> <span>Upward or downward,<br/></span> <span class="i1">Motion thy rest;&mdash;<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span>Full of a nature<br/></span> <span class="i1">Nothing can tame,<br/></span> <span>Changed every moment,<br/></span> <span class="i1">Ever the same;&mdash;<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span>Ceaseless aspiring,<br/></span> <span class="i1">Ceaseless content,<br/></span> <span>Darkness or sunshine<br/></span> <span class="i1">Thy element;&mdash;<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span>Glorious fountain!<br/></span> <span class="i1">Let my heart be<br/></span> <span>Fresh, changeful, constant,<br/></span> <span class="i1">Upward, like thee!<br/></span></div> </div> <p class="citation"><span class="smcap">Lowell</span></p> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />