The most lasting and pure gladness comes to me from my gardens.
I was beautiful. Now, because I am old, I take no shame in so saying.
They saw me, those reckless seekers of beauty, and in a night I was famous.
On one night of my debut the Prince of Wales, the Princess, and the duchess of London came to see me. They loved me for what I was and what I gave them.
Anyone who limits her vision to memories of yesterday is already dead.
Will I return to England? I don't know. I'll think it over.