Quote#Wisdom
I have a garden of my own
Quote byAndrew Marvell · 1621–1678
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Miscellaneous Poems (1681), The Nymph Complaining for the Death of her Fawn, line 71.
English (original)
I have a garden of my own But so with roses overgrown, And lilies, that you would it guess To be a little wilderness.
— Andrew Marvell
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