[Poem] "The Croton Ode" by George Pope Morris (1842). Written at the request of the Corporation of the City of New York and performed October 14, 1842 at the Croton Water Celebration. Sung in front of the Park Fountain by members of the N.Y. Sacred Music Society. Set to music by Sidney Pearson. Printed on broadsides distributed during the celebration parade. Gushing from this living fountain, Mu…