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«Upon the Nipples of Julia's Breast: Have ye beheld (with much delight) A red rose peeping through a white? Or else a cherry (double graced) Within a lily? Center placed? Or ever marked the pretty beam A strawberry shows half drowned in cream?»
Author: Robert Herrick | Keywords: beam, beheld, cream, drowned, Julia, lily, marked, nipple, nipples, peep, peeping, peeps, red rose
«The splendor of the rose and the whitness of the lily do not rob the little violet of it?s scent nor the daisy of its simple charm. If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its lovliness.»
Author: Therese of Lisieux | About: Nature | Keywords: charm, daisy, flower, lily, rob, rose, scent, scented, scenting, scents, splendor, splendors, spring, The Rose, tiniest, violet, violets, wanted
«I took a day to search for God, And found Him not; but as I trod, By rocky ledge, through woods untamed, Just where one scarlet lily flamed, I saw His footprint in the sod»
Author: William Bliss Carman | About: God | Keywords: flamed, footprint, ledge, ledges, lily, rocky, scarlet, sod, The Rocky, trod, untamed
«I know a little garden close / Set thick with lily and red rose, / Where I would wander if I might / From dewy dawn to dewy night. / And have one with me wandering.»
Author: William Morris (Designer, Poet) | Keywords: close set, dewy, lily, red rose, thick, thick with, wander, wandering
«I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: Lebanon, lily
«I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: lily, rose of Sharon, Sharon, The Rose, valleys
«When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other»
Author: Chinese Proverbs | About: Money, Sharing | Keywords: lily, loaf, loafing, loaf of bread, One Penny, pennies, Two Pence
«True are the Teachings of the True Guru. The body and mind are cooled and soothed, by the touchstone of Truth. This is the true mark of wisdom, that one remains detached, like the water-lily, or the lotus upon the water.»
Author: Sri Guru Granth Sahib | Keywords: detached, lily, touchstone, water lily
«Prays Nanak, please hear my prayer, You are the pool, and You are the soul-swan. You are the lotus flower of the day and You are the water-lily of the night. You Yourself behold them, and blossom forth in bliss.»
Author: Sri Guru Granth Sahib | Keywords: blossom forth, lily, lotus flower, swan, water lily
«Therefore, to be possessed with double pomp,To guard a title that was rich before,To gild refined gold, to paint the lily,To throw a perfume on the violet,To smooth the ice, or add another hueUnto the rainbow, or with taper lightTo seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish,Is wasteful and ridiculous excess.»
Author: William Shakespeare (Dramatist, Playwright, Poet) | Keywords: gild, hue, lily, perfume, pomp, possessed, refined, smooth, taper, tapers, The Rainbow, title
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