brooklet
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Clear was the heaven and blue, and May, with her cap crowned with roses, Stood in her holiday dress in the fields, and the wind and the brooklet Murmured gladness and peace, God's-peace!
From The Song of Hiawatha An Epic Poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Robin trotted his steed to come up with them; then, suddenly spying a brooklet among the trees upon his left hand, found himself mightily athirst.
From Robin Hood by N. C. (Newell Convers) Wyeth
At the bottom was the dry bed of a small brooklet, with a further shore that sloped gradually up into second-growth timber again.
From The Auto Boys' Vacation by James A. (James Andrew) Braden
Thus equipped, the next morning at eight o'clock we rolled out and made about twenty miles; we camped on a plateau covered with grass and by a brooklet of pure, cold spring water.
From Memoirs of Orange Jacobs by Orange Jacobs
Then—for thy shelter from life's sultrier suns, The oak of strength I set o'er joy that runs With brooklet glee from winds that grieve above.
From Song-Surf by Cale Young Rice