THE WATER-NYMPH OF THE ROCK.
Reading edition
[The French is by Bosquillon, which I translated as under, in a beautiful Swedish island in the Baltic, as I sat by the side of a fine clear stream of rock-water.]
ORIGINAL.
La nymphe qui donne de cette eau Au plus creux de rocher se cache, Suivez un example si beau: Donnez sans vouloir qu’on le sache.
TRANSLATION.
The nymph, to whom this stream you owe, Conceals herself in caves of stone: Like her your benefits bestow; Give, without wishing to be known.