water-depths

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When Ruth took her eyes from this letter and fixed them upon the distant blue water-depths they were brimful of tears.

Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science Various
Loud laughter from the gods greets this sally, and they pass over the bridge, Walhalla-ward, followed by the water-nymphs 'wail for their lost gold, closing with the reproach, "Only in the pleasant water-depths is truth; false and cowardly are those making merry up there!"

The Wagnerian Romances Gertrude Hall Brownell 1912