William Lawson Professions : Explorer Born : June 2, 1774 Died : June 16, 1850 Browse All Authors Top 6 quotes by William Lawson What is paradise, but, a garden, an orchard of trees and herbs, full of pleasure and nothing there but delights. William Lawson garden tree religion Whoever has not learned to let Nature have her way is not fit for a gardener, or, for that matter, for a contented soul. A garden makes all our senses swim with pleasure. William Lawson garden soul swim What more delightsome than an infinite varietie of sweet smelling flowers? decking with sundry colours the greene mantle of the Earth, the universall Mother of us all, so by them bespotted, so dyed, that all the world cannot sample them, and wherein it is more fit to admire the Dyer, than imitate his workemanship. Colouring not onely the earth, but decking the ayre, and sweetning every breath and spirit. William Lawson flower mother sweet ... store of bees, in a dry and warme bee-house, comely made of fir boards, to sing, and sit, and feede upon your flowers and sprouts, make a pleasant noyse and sight. For cleanly and innocent bees, of all other things, love and become, and thrive in your orchard. If they thrive (as they must needs if your gardiner be skilfull, and love them: for they love their friends and hate none William Lawson hate flower love There is no emptiness of soul ever for those whose life is devoted to God. William Lawson emptiness soul god A garden makes all our senses swim with pleasure. William Lawson garden swim desire Similar Authors Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca explorer Ibn Battuta explorer Henry Hudson explorer Christopher Columbus explorer George Vancouver explorer Fridtjof Nansen explorer All Authors