This bubbling stream not uninstructive flows (Robert Cooke)

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• (Posted 2023-08-14)  CPDL #74843: 

Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2023-08-14).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 149 kB   Copyright: CC BY SA

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Title: This bubbling stream not uninstructive flows
Composer: Robert Cooke
Lyricist: Anonymous
Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: SSB
Genre: Secular, Glee

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1805
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English text

This bubbling stream not uninstructive flows,
Nor idly loiters to its destin'd main:
Each flower it feeds that on its margin grows,
And bids those blush whose days are spent in vain.
Not void of moral, though unheeded, glides
Time's current, stealing on with silent haste:
For lo! each falling sand his folly chides,
Who lets one precious moment run to waste.