by Jones Very
[Published in The Pioneer, January, 1843 (1:1)]
[Edited and Annotated by Morgan Panknin for the University of Arizona Antebellum Magazine Edition Project, May 4, 2015]
[Editor's Note]
Thou small, yet ever-bubbling spring,
Hid by low hillocks round,
And oaks whose stretching branches fling
Their shadows on the ground;
I stoop upon thy stony brim
To taste thy waters sweet,