Quote by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

"What was he doing, the great god Pan, Down in the reeds by the river? Spreading ruin and scattering ban, Splashing and paddling with hoofs of a goat, And breaking the golden lilies afloat With the dragon-fly on the river."

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning, from A Musical Instrument

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