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  • As thou these ashes, little brook, wilt bear
    Into the Avon, Avon to the tide
    Of Severn, Severn to the narrow seas,
    Into main ocean they, this deed accursed
    An emblem yields to friends and enemies
    How the bold teacher's doctrine, sanctified
    By truth, shall spread, throughout the world dispersed.

    "Ecclesiastical Sonnets (1821)". Part II, No. 17. "The Ecclesiastical sonnets of William Wordsworth", edited by Abbie Findlay Potts, archive.org. 1922.