...Philip's farm I flow, To join the brimming river ; For men may come, and men may go, But I go on for ever. I chatter over stony ways, In little sharps and trebles...— I babble on the pebbles. With many a curve my banks I fret, By many a field and fallow ; And many a fairy headland, set With willow, weed, and mallow....

...bridge, It has more ivy ; there the river ; and there Stands Philip's farm where brook and river meet. I chatter over stony ways, In little sharps and trebles,...bays, I babble on the pebbles. With many a curve my banks I fret By many a field and fallow, And many a fairy foreland set With willow-weed and mallow....

...of coot and hern, I make a sudden sally, And sparkle out among the fern, To bicker down a valley. 2. I chatter over stony ways In little sharps and trebles,...bubble into eddying bays, I babble on the pebbles. 3. I murmur under moon and stars In brambly wildernesses ; I linger by my shingly bars, I loiter round...

...Philip's farm I flow, To join the brimming river : For men may come, and men may go, But I go on for ever. I chatter over stony ways, In little sharps and trebles...bays— I babble on the pebbles. With many a curve my banks I fret, By many a field and fallow ; And many a fairy headland, set With willow, weed, and mallow....

...and men may go, But I go on forever. Till last by Philip's farm I flow To join the brimming river, I chatter over stony ways, In little sharps and trebles...bays, I babble on the pebbles. With many a curve my banks I fret By many a field and fallow, And many a fairy foreland set With willow-weed and mallow....

...hurry down, Or slip between the ridges; By twenty thorps, a little town, And half a hundred bridges. I chatter over stony ways, In little sharps and trebles,...bubble into eddying bays, I babble on the pebbles. I chatter, chatter, as I flow To join the brimming river; For men may come and men may go. But I go...

...bridge, It has more ivy ; there the river ; and there Stands Philip's farm where brook and river meet. I chatter over stony ways, In little sharps and trebles,...bays, I babble on the pebbles. With many a curve my banks I fret By many a field and fallow, And many a fairy foreland set With willow-weed and mallow....

...hurry down, Or slip between the ridges ; By twenty thorps, fa little town, And half a hundred bridges. I chatter over stony ways, In little sharps and trebles,...bubble into eddying bays, I babble on the pebbles. I chatter, chatter, as I flow To join the brimming river ; For men may come and men may go, But I go...

...stream grows more and more brook-like, and murmuring over its rocky bed seems gleefully singing : " I chatter over stony ways In little sharps and trebles,...bubble into eddying bays, I babble on the pebbles. I wind about, and in and out, With here a blossom sailing, And here and there a lusty trout, And here...

...and the words were the fitting accompaniment to the delicious gurgling of the water : — " I clatter over stony ways, In little sharps and trebles, I bubble into eddying bays ; I babble on the pebbles. " I steal by lawns, and grassy plots, I slide by hazel covers ; I move the blue forget-me-nots, That...