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O the ache in the heart of the water that lies / Underground in the desert, unopened, unknown, / While the seeds lie unbroken, the blossoms unblown, / And the traveller wanders-the traveller dies!
O the joy in the heart of the water that flows / From the well in the desert,-a desert no more,- / Bird-music and blossoms and harvest in store, / And the white shrine that showeth the traveller knows!