INSCRIPTION. 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 pp. 155-156.

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INSCRIPTION . Come , and where these runnels fall , Listen to my madrigal ! Far from all sounds of all the strife , That murmur through the walks of life ; From grief , inquietude , and fears , From scenes of riot , or of tears ; From passions , cankering day by day , That wear the inmost heart away ; From pale Detraction's envious spite , That worries where it fears to bite ; From mad Ambition's worldly chase , Come , and in this shady place , Be thine Contentment's humble joys , And a life that makes no noise , Save when fancy , musing long , Turns to desultory song ; " And Fancy , void of sorrow , turns to song . " — Parnell . And wakes some lonely melody , Like the water dripping by . Come , and where these runnels fall , Listen to my madrigal ! Bremhill Garden , Sept. 1808.