Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—C

Conscious Water

The conscious water saw its God, and blushed (Nympha pudica Deum vidit, et erubuit). Crashaw's epigram on the miracle of Cana in Galilee. “The modest water” would be a closer rendering.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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