water-brook

Now by the palace grounds there ran a brook, but instead of being a water-brook it was a milk-brook, and both rich and poor flocked to it daily and drew as much milk as they chose.

The Crimson Fairy Book 2003

Indulged youths, too rich, can know, to the unctuous full, neither the longing nor the gratification; but one such as William, in "moderate circumstances," is privileged to pant for his first evening clothes as the hart panteth after the water-brook -- and sometimes, to pant in vain.

Seventeen 1915

No, surely, neither this particular brook nor any other water-brook, stream or freshet, that ever sang, or sighed, or murmured among the reeds, could ever hope to catch all the thrilling tenderness of the sweet soft tones of Cleone's voice.

The Amateur Gentleman Jeffery Farnol 1915

Indulged youths, too rich, can know, to the unctuous full, neither the longing nor the gratification; but one such as William, in "moderate circumstances," is privileged to pant for his first evening clothes as the hart panteth after the water-brook -- and sometimes, to pant in vain.

Seventeen A Tale of Youth and Summer Time and the Baxter Family Especially William Booth Tarkington 1907

"As the hart panteth after the water-brook," and he gayly and noisily sang it when he went to the chase.

Sabbath in Puritan New England Alice Morse Earle 1881

They hung upon the storied lips of every fugitive, and dreamed of lands afar where they might find that liberty for which their souls thirsted as the hart for the water-brook.

History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens George W. Williams 1870

` As the hart panteth after the water-brook, so panteth my soul after

Christie Redfern's Troubles Edward Barnard Lintott 1859

Again Wassamo heard the laughter in mirthful repetition, like the ripple of the water-brook upon the shining pebbles of the stream.

The Indian Fairy Book From the Original Legends Cornelius Mathews 1853

Thou art the source and centre of all my wishes and desires; ‘even as the hart panteth after the water-brook; so panteth my soul after thee, O God!’

Private Thoughts Upon Religion and a Christian Life; to which is Added the Necessity and Advantage of Frequent Communion. Volume I. 1637-1708 1834

Like as the heart panteth for the water-brook, so let our souls thirst for thee, O Lord, and for whatever is excellent and beautiful in learning and behaviour.

The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant John Hamilton Moore 1772