See how the pair of billing doves <br />With open murmurs own their loves; <br />And, heedless of censorious eyes, <br />Pursue their unpolluted joys; <br />No fears of future want molest <br />The downy quiet of their nest: <br />No int'rest join'd the happy pair, <br />Securely blest in Nature's care, <br />While her dictates they pursue; <br />For constancy is Nature too. <br />Can all the doctrine of the schools, <br />Our maxims, our religious rules, <br />Can learning to our lives ensure, <br />Virtue so bright, or bliss so pure?<br /><br />Lady Mary Wortley Montagu<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/verses-written-in-a-garden/
