THIS BOOK / BELONGS TO / RICHARD WARD LEAR, / East Molesey, Surrey. / If thou art borrow'd by a friend, / Right welcome shall he be / To read, to study, not to lend, / But to return to me. / Not that imported knowledge doth / Diminish learning's store- / But Books I find, if often lent, / Return to me no more. / Read slowly, Pause frequently, / Think seriously, / Keep cleanly, Return duly, / with the corners of the leaves not / turned down.