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1774–1843

INSCRIPTION VIII.

Robert Southey

STRANGER! the MAN OF NATURE lies not here: Enshrin'd far distant by hisrival's side His relics rest, there by the giddy throng With blind idolatry alike revered!

Wiselier directed have thy pilgrim feet Explor'd the scenes of Ermenonville. ROUSSEAU Loved these calm haunts of Solitude and Peace; Here he has heard the murmurs of the stream,

And the soft rustling of the poplar grove, When o'er their bending boughs the passing wind Swept a grey shade. Here if thy breast be full, If in thine eye the tear devout should gush,

His SPIRIT shall behold thee, to thine home From hence returning, purified of heart.

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INSCRIPTION VIII. · Robert Southey · Poetry Cove