NB+The+moving+waters+at+their+priestlike+task

"The moving waters at their priestlike task."

Anything involving water or the movement of water is a picture perfect scene. It's calming and relaxing imagening a stream of water or even a loud water fall. This is the exact reason I picked this poem in my theme of "peacefulness", because this image, or set of words makes you picture a peaceful scene that relaxes you, even if your not there. Water weather loud, as in a water fall, or quiet, as in a stream, is just one of those sounds that blocks out the busy world and sets you in a different mind of relaxation. That is the reason there are so many fountains in zen gardens or other sanctuaries. In the poem the line of seven words create an image of moving water that are at their "task". We don't know what the task is but we can imagine that the water is flowing like they are working or doing their job.