The Mower, Against Gardens quotations 5.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? English LiteratureAndrew MarvellA2/A-levelAQA Created by: Freyagrace97Created on: 19-12-14 16:42 'Luxurious man... to put his vice in use did after him the world seduce' 1 of 18 Opposition 'and from the fields the flowers and plants... ... allure where nature was most plain and pure' 2 of 18 'enclosed... with in the gardens square a dead and standing pool of air' 3 of 18 fertiliser 'stupified them while it fed' 4 of 18 'with strange perfumes.. he did the roses taint, and flowers themselves were taught to paint' 5 of 18 'learned... to interline its cheek' 6 of 18 'one was.. for a meadow sold' 7 of 18 searching other worlds 'another world was searched, through oceans new, to find the Marvel of Peru' 8 of 18 man's elevated position 'man that sovereign thing and proud' 9 of 18 interfering, playing God 'dealt between bark and tree forbidden mixtures there to see' 10 of 18 'no plant.. ..knew the stock from which it came, he grafts upon the wild the tame' 11 of 18 'uncertain.. ..and adulterate fruit' 12 of 18 'his green seraglio... ..had its eunuchs too lest any tyrant him outdo' 13 of 18 'he does nature vex.. ..to procreate without a sex' 14 of 18 'tis all.. ..enforced the fountain and the grot, while the sweet fields do lie forgot' 15 of 18 'while willing.. ..nature does to all dispense a wild and fragrant innocence' 16 of 18 'fauns and fairies.. ..do the meadows till more by their presence that their skill' 17 of 18 'their statues, polished by some ancient hand may to adorn the gardens stand... ...but howsoe'er the figures do excel the gods themselves with us do dwell' 18 of 18
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