Memorial

{On bench:}
.... who hears me sing keeps me from dying.
{Around rim of fountain:}
I give you a glass of icy water, don't touch it carelessly, it is the prize of plain thinking.
{Around square section of upper part of fountain:}
Odilon-Jean Perier poet 1901 - 1928
{There is also a plaque near the ground, very difficult to read. It is probably the Flemish of the line above and reads:}
Aan Odilon-Jean Perier dichter 1901 - 1928
{On back of bench at left:}
Erected by the friends of the poet at the initiative of the Arts Seminar, 1949.
{On back of bench at right:}
M.Houyoux-Diongre, Architecte

Original inscription:

{On front of bench:}
...QUI M’ECOUTE CHANTER ME GARDE DE MOURIR
{Around rim of fountain:}
JE T’OFFRE UN VERRE D’EAU GLACEE N’Y TOUCHE PAS DISTRAITEMENT IL EST LE PRIX D’UNE PENSEE SANS ORNEMENT
{Around square section of upper part of fountain:}
ODILON-JEAN PERIER POETE 1901 - 1928
{There is also a plaque near the ground, very difficult to read. It might be the Flemish of the line above and read:}

A ODILON-JEAN PERIER DICHTER 1901 - 1928
{On back of bench at left:}
ERIGE PAR LES AMIS DU POETE
A L'INITIATIVE DU SEMINAIRE
DES ARTS 1949
{On back of bench at right:}
M.HOUXOUX-DIONGRE
ARCHITECTE