Roses are Red, Violets are Blue

Who came up with roses are red violets are blue etc..?

I'm just wondering who came up with that? Roses are red violets are blue etc..?

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1. In 1590 Sir Edmund Spenser wrote the original one in The Faerie Queen: It was upon a Sommers shyne in a fresh fountaine farre from all men's view She bathed her breast the boyling to gallay, she bathed roses red and violets blew. In 1784 a second interpretation was written in the book Gammer Gurton's Garland: The rose is is read, the violet's blue The honey's sweet and so are you Then around 1800 we created our version you know today and my spell checker isn't off, I simply typed the words as I read them.