brooklet

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He hoped, however, to erect a reservoir in which he might collect every little brooklet of living water, from which he might again water the whole world.

From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by Kurtz, J. H.

The brooklet came from a disused still-house hidden in laurel and hemlock so dense that direct sunlight never penetrated the glen.

From Our Southern Highlanders by Kephart, Horace

Not a brooklet floweth Onward to the sea, Not a sunbeam gloweth On its bosom free, Not a seed unfoldeth To the glorious air, But our Father holdeth It within his care.

From Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul by Mudge, James

We hear Thy majestic voice in the mighty roar of old ocean and in the gentle murmurings of the brooklet.

From A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead by Helleberg, C. G. (Carl Gustaf)

So I came now, O Psyche, and then I espied a brooklet meandering through the sand.

From Psyche by Couperus, Louis