XLVIII + 

For two whole days it seemed a change + 

To wander through the meadows still, + 

The cool dark oaken grove to range, + 

To listen to the rippling rill. + 

But on the third of grove and mead + 

He took no more the slightest heed; + 

They made him feel inclined to doze; + 

And the conviction soon arose, + 

Ennui can in the country dwell + 

Though without palaces and streets, + 

Cards, balls, routs, poetry or fêtes; + 

On him spleen mounted sentinel + 

And like his shadow dogged his life, + 

Or better⁠—like a faithful wife. + 