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INSCRIPTION VII.

For the CENOTAPH at ERMENONVILLE.

Stranger! the Man of Nature lies not here:Enshrin'd far distant by his [1]rival's sideHis relics rest, there by the giddy throngWith blind idolatry alike revered!Wiselier directed have thy pilgrim feetExplor'd the scenes of Ermenonville. RousseauLoved these calm haunts of Solitude and Peace;Here he has heard the murmurs of the lake,And the soft rustling of the poplar grove,When o'er their bending boughs the passing windSwept 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 homeFrom hence returning, purified of heart.1796.
  1. ↑ Voltaire.
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