Then soon with the emblem of truth overflowing,

And dripping with coolness, it rose from the well.

Samuel Woodworth (1785-1842): The Old Oaken Bucket.

As thou these ashes, little brook, wilt bear

Into the Avon, Avon to the tide

Of Severn, Severn to the narrow seas,

Into main ocean they, this deed accursed

An emblem yields to friends and enemies

How the bold teacher's doctrine, sanctified

By truth, shall spread, throughout the world dispersed.

William Wordsworth (1770-1850): Ecclesiastical Sonnets. Part ii. xvii. To Wickliffe.