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Gentleman's Magazine 1819 part 1 p.120
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I shall conclude this long account with Southey's beautiful inscription for a tablet on the bank of a stream:

'Stranger! awhile upon this grassy bank
Recline thee. If the sun ride high, the breeze,
That loves to ripple o'er the rivulet,
Will play around thy brow, and the cool sound
Of running waters sooth thee: Mark how clear
It sparkles o'er the shallows, and behold
Where o'er its surface wheels with restless speed
Yon glossy insect; on the sand below
How swift the shadow flies. The stream is pure
In solitude, and many a healthful herb
Bends o'er its course, and drinks its vital wave;
But passing on amidst the haunts of man
It finds pollution there, and rolls from thence
A tainted tide. Seek'st thou for Happiness!
Go Stranger, sojourn in the woodland cot
Of Innocence, and thou shalt find her there.'
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