Though With Those Streams He No Resemblance Hold, Whose Foam Is Amber And Their Gravel Gold

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Though with those streams he no resemblance hold,
Whose foam is amber and their gravel gold;
His genuine and less guilty wealth t' explore,
Search not his bottom, but survey his shore.
-- Sir John Denham (1615-1668)
-- Cooper's Hill, Line 165

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