“I have seen the Mississippi. That is muddy water. I have seen the St Lawrence. That is crystal water. But the Thames is liquid history.”
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“The silver Thames takes some part of this county in its journey to Oxford.”

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“Because of the Thames I have always loved inland waterways—water in general, water sounds—there's music in water. Brooks babbling, fountains splashing. Weirs, waterfalls; tumbling, gushing. Whenever I...”

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“Sweet Themmes! runne softly, till I end my song.”

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