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The Water-Nymph Of The Rock.

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[The French is by Bosquillon, which I translated as under, in a beautiful Swedish island in the Baltic, as I sat by the side of a fine clear stream of rock-water.]     ORIGINAL.     La nymphe qui donne de cette eau     Au plus creux de rocher se cache,     Suivez un example si beau:     Donnez sans vouloir qu'on le sache.     TRANSLATION.     The nymph, to whom this stream you owe,     Conceals herself in caves of stone:     Like her your benefits bestow;     Give, without wishing to be known.

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"[The French is by Bosquillon, which I translated as under, in a beautiful Swedish island in the Baltic, as I sat by the side of a fine clear stream of rock-water.]..."

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