Fountain

Fountain

A fountain (from the Latin "fons" (genitive "fontis"), a source or spring) is a piece of architecture which pours water into a basin or jets it into the air to supply drinking water and/or for a decorative or dramatic effect.

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Famous quotes containing the word fountain:

    “No fountain from its rocky cave
    E’er tripped with foot so free;
    She seemed as happy as a wave
    That dances on the sea.”
    —William Wordsworth (1770–1850)

    “A film is a petrified fountain of thought.”
    —Jean Cocteau (1889–1963)

    “Don’t say, don’t say there is no water
    to solace the dryness at our hearts.
    I have seen
    the fountain springing out of the rock wall
    and you drinking there.”
    —Denise Levertov (b. 1923)