Andrew Marvell

Marvell was born in Yorkshire and educated at Cambridge. Like Edmund Waller, he was a Member of Parliament, and a busy political career saw him serving both the Cromwellians and the court of Charles

Garden, The

by Andrew Marvell (1621–78)

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How vainly men themselves amaze

To win the palm, the oak, or bays,

And their incessant labors see

Crown'd from some single herb or tree,

Whose short and narrow-vergèd shade

Does prudently their toils upbraid;

While all flowers and all trees do close

To weave the garlands of repose!

Fair Quiet, have I found thee here,

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