How we cite our quotes: (Line)
Quote #1
And their uncessant labors see
Crowned from some single herb or tree (3-4)
Just like the speaker, the herbs and trees wither and die when they are removed from nature and brought into society.
Quote #2
Fair Quiet, have I found thee here,
And Innocence, thy sister dear!
Mistaken long, I sought you then
In busy companies of men ( 9-12)
The speaker seems to believe that he can only find peace ("Fair Quiet") and innocence if cut off from the sins of society ("In busy companies").
Quote #3
Society is all but rude
To this delicious solitude (15-16)
Interestingly enough, this isn't a thought Marvell came up with on his own. Cicero ("solitude is the best society") was way ahead of him. Even more interesting and totally ironic is the fact that seventeenth-century British society loved this phrase and used it all the time.