The Works of Sir John Suckling in prose and verse/Upon Sir John Laurence's Bringing Water over the Hills to my L. Middlesex his House at Witten

by John Suckling

UPON SIR JOHN LAURENCE'S BRINGING WATER OVER THE HILLS TO MY L. MIDDLESEX HIS HOUSE AT WITTEN

And is the water come? sure 't cannot be;
It runs too much against philosophy:
For heavy bodies to the centre bend;
Light bodies only naturally ascend.
How comes this then to pass? The good knight's skill5
Could nothing do without the water's will:
⁠Then 'twas the water's love that made it flow;
⁠For love will creep where well it cannot go.