Quote#Wisdom
I know a little garden-close
Quote byWilliam Morris · 1834–1896
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Life and Death of Jason, Book iv (1867). Variant: "morn" instead of "dawn".
English (original)
I know a little garden-close Set thick with lily and red rose, Where I would wander if I might From dewy dawn to dewy night, And have one with me wandering.
— William Morris
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Now such an one for daughter Creon had As maketh wise men fools and young men mad.
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