Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy praise.
Finally from the crease of the ravine I am following, there begins to come the trickling and splashing of water. There is a great restfulness in the sounds these small streams make; they are going down as fast as they can, but their sound seem leisurely and idle, as if produced like gemstones with the greatest patience and care.
Row, row, row your boat. Gently down the stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream.
It is a little stream, which flows softly, but freshens everything along its course.
I pray to be like the ocean, with soft currents, maybe waves at times. More and more, I want the consistency rather than the highs and the lows.
I will let my body flow like water over the gentle cushions.
Like a graceful vase, a cat, even when motionless, seems to flow.
Thou seest how few be the things, the which if a man has at his command his life flows gently on and is divine.
