 | Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1848 - 608 pages
...pleasure is ' the rose of life,' and the voluptuary in Israel sung to the same tune : ' And let no flower of the spring pass by us ; let us crown ourselves with rose-buds ere they be withered.' The rose of Sharon is said to vie with her of Damascus, as the beauty of the... | |
 | William Howitt - 1850 - 482 pages
...creatures, like as in youth; let us fill ourselves with costly wine and ointments, and let no flower of the spring pass by us; let us crown ourselves with rosebuds before they be withered." That was wisdom in Solomon's time, and it is wisdom now. It is wisdom to grasp the good that is before... | |
 | William Howitt - 1850 - 438 pages
...creatures, like as in youth ; let us fill ourselves with costly wine and ointments, and let no flower of the spring pass by us ; let us crown ourselves with rosebuds before they be withered." That was wisdom in Solomon's time, and it is wisdom now. It is wisdom to grasp the good that is before... | |
 | Anne Pratt - 1850 - 372 pages
..."Wisdom of Solomon," when, rejoicing in the glad season of the early year, he sang, '• Let no flower of the Spring pass by us. Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds before they be gathered." The rose is as much loved as ever, and gathered with delight, whether it hang out from the... | |
 | John Evelyn - 1850 - 610 pages
...things that are present .... let us fill ourselves with wine ; let us crown ourselves with rose-buds : let none of us go without his part of our voluptuousness : let us oppress the poor righteous man, nor spare the widow, nor reverence the aged,"1 &c. Thus much and more... | |
 | John Evelyn - 1850 - 496 pages
...things that are present .... let us fill ourselves with wine ; let us crown ourselves with rose-buds : let none of us go without his part of our voluptuousness : let us oppress the poor righteous man, nor spare the widow, nor reverence the aged,"1 &c. Thus much and more... | |
 | Robert Tyas - 1851 - 250 pages
...Thus say the revellers : " Let us fill ourselves with costly wine and ointments, and let no flower of the spring pass by us ; let us crown ourselves with rosebuds, before they be withered." And thus Wisdom passes judgment upon their imaginations : " Such things they did imagine, and were... | |
 | 398 pages
...nature, and familiar with the phenomena passing around him. "Let no flower," he exclaims, "let no flower of the spring pass by us : let us crown ourselves with rosebuds before they are withered!" And his writings teem with illustrations derived from the beauties of nature around... | |
 | John Brown - 1852 - 344 pages
...creatures like as in youth. Let us fill ourselves with costly wine and ointments, and let no flower of the spring pass by us. Let us crown ourselves with...Let us leave tokens of our joyfulness in every place ; for this is our portion, and our lot is this." l If there be no resurrection, it is wisdom to make... | |
 | George Smalridge (bp. of Bristol.) - 1852 - 580 pages
...creatures like as in youth. Let us fill ourselves with costly wine and ointments ; and let nojfoiver of the spring pass by us : let us crown ourselves...be withered : let none of us go without his part of voluptuousness : let us leave tokens of our joyfulness in every place : for this is our portion, and... | |
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Come on therefore, let us enjoy the good things that are present: and let us speedily use the creatures like as in youth. Let us fill ourselves with costly wine and ointments : and let no flower of the spring pass by us : Let us crown ourselves with rose-buds,... 
