brooklet

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Then—for thy shelter from life's sultrier suns, The oak of strength I set o'er joy that runs With brooklet glee from winds that grieve above.

From Song-Surf by Rice, Cale Young

She chews the cud of sweetest revery Above your worldly prattle, brooklet merry, Oblivious of all things sublunary.

From The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 by Various

We hear Thy majestic voice in the mighty roar of old ocean and in the gentle murmurings of the brooklet.

From A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead by Helleberg, C. G. (Carl Gustaf)

The sands are hard and gently shelving, with here and there a fresh-water brooklet trickling through the bulk-head of ballast heaped up at the top by the sea.

From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Drake, Samuel Adams

But the humblest brooklet, if it be pure and limpid, mirrors the sky as faithfully as the mightiest river, or the depths of the ocean itself.

From Autobiographical Reminiscences with Family Letters and Notes on Music by Gounod, Charles