Bench at Embley Park

This bench at Embley Park, in Wellow near Romsey in Hampshire is the place where Marianne Nicholson and Florence Nightingale read 'Joselyn', a story written in French verse about the life a young priest living in the late 1700s.

Excerpt from 'Joselyn':
Second Epoch
In thy aerial notes so soft of tone
Each man may find a sigh that meets his own.
Ye holy trees who know what fate may bring
Sadness or joy must through your murmurings ring,
God only knows when you uplift your voice whether you bid us sorrow or rejoice.