A Memorial Plaque in Poundbury, Dorchester, Dorset. William Barnes, Thomas Hardy and Maria...

A brass memorial plaque was installed yesterday, close to the ancient Poundbury hillfort.

A place to walk, meditate, remember.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poundbury_Hill

Woone Rule 

An' zoo, I thought, as we do bend

Our waÿ drough life, to reach our end,

Our God ha' gi'ed us, vrom our youth,

Woone rule to be our guide--His truth.

An' zoo wi' that, though we mid teäke

Wide rambles vor our callèns' seäke,

What is, is best, we needen fear,

An' we shall steer to happy rest.

William Barnes

Nature's Questioning

Thus things around. No answerer I...

Meanwhile the winds, and rains,

And Earth’s old glooms and pains

Are still the same, and Life and Death are neighbours nigh.

Thomas Hardy