Rest, stranger, in this decorated scene,
That hangs its beds of flowers, its slopes so green;
So from the walks of life the weeds remove,
But fix thy better hopes on scenes above.
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ON A RURAL SEAT. · William Lisle Bowles · Poetry Cove