IN HORTO REV. J. STILL, APUD KNOYLE, VILLAM AMŒNISSIMAM. William Lisle Bowles Alexander Huber Editor Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Oxford This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Bowles, William Lisle, 1762-1850. The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles, Vol. I. With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by George Gilfillan. Edinburgh James Nichol, 9 North Bank Street... 1855 p. 95.

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IN HORTO REV. J. STILL , APUD KNOYLE , VILLAM AMŒNISSIMAM . Stranger ! a while beneath this aged tree Rest thee , the hills beyond , and flowery meads , Surveying ; and if Nature's charms may wake A sweet and silent transport at thine heart , In spring-time , whilst the bee hums heedless nigh , Rejoice ! for thee the verdant spot is dressed , Circled with laurels green , and sprinkled o'er With many a budding rose : the shrubs all ring To the birds ' warblings , and by fits the air Whispers amid the foliage o'er thine head ! Rejoice , and oh ! if life's sweet spring be thine , So gather its brief rose-buds , and deceive The cares and crosses of humanity .