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:

    “Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your youth, a lovely deer, a graceful doe. May her breasts satisfy you at all times; may you be intoxicated always by her love.”
    —Bible: Hebrew, Proverbs 5:18-19.

    “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)

    “My mind is troubled, like a fountain stirred,
    And I myself see not the bottom of it.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)