 Flow'd ere the wonted season, with a torrent So unexpected, and so wondrous fierce, That the wild deluge overtook the haste Ev'n of the hinds that watch'd it: men and beasts Were borne above the tops of trees, that grew On th' utmost margin of the water-mark.  Memoirs of Richard Cumberland - Page 167by Richard Cumberland - 1856 - 397 pagesFull view - About this book
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