'Tis rushing now adown the spout </br> And gushing out below, </br> Half frantic in its joyousness, </br> And wild in eager flow. </br> The earth is … - Elizabeth Oakes Smith

'Tis rushing now adown the spout </br> And gushing out below, </br> Half frantic in its joyousness, </br> And wild in eager flow. </br> The earth is dried and parch’d with heat, </br> And it hath longed to be </br> Released from out the selfish cloud, </br> To cool the thirsty tree.

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About Elizabeth Oakes Smith

Elizabeth Oakes Smith (née Prince; August 12, 1806 – November 16, 1893) was an American poet, fiction writer, editor, lecturer, and women's rights activist whose career spanned six decades, from the 1830s to the 1880s.

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Alternative Names: E. Oakes Smith Elizabeth Oakes Prince Elizabeth Oakes Prince Smith
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