The Song of Solomon, rendered into Engl. verse by J. PrattJames Pratt 1881 |
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... land , The fig - tree ripens its green fruit , The vines blossom ; They diffuse fragrance . " Compare these words with Anacreon's Song commencing Ιδε , πῶς ἔαρος φανέντος , or the descrip- tions of Spring , as we find them interspersed ...
... land , The fig - tree ripens its green fruit , The vines blossom ; They diffuse fragrance . " Compare these words with Anacreon's Song commencing Ιδε , πῶς ἔαρος φανέντος , or the descrip- tions of Spring , as we find them interspersed ...
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... land . In fruit green and tender The fig - trees abound . And the vineyard diffuses Its odours around . Arise , O my fair one ; My love , come away , Ah ! why like the dove , In its cave wilt thou stay ? Thy face let me see , Thy voice ...
... land . In fruit green and tender The fig - trees abound . And the vineyard diffuses Its odours around . Arise , O my fair one ; My love , come away , Ah ! why like the dove , In its cave wilt thou stay ? Thy face let me see , Thy voice ...
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... lands , Chief above thousands he unrivall'd stands . To gold for preciousness I would compare His head adorn'd with locks of raven hair ; His eyes , which softly in their fulness beam , Are like doves bathing in the limpid stream . His ...
... lands , Chief above thousands he unrivall'd stands . To gold for preciousness I would compare His head adorn'd with locks of raven hair ; His eyes , which softly in their fulness beam , Are like doves bathing in the limpid stream . His ...
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... Land , " & c . Demy 8vo . 9s . POLITICIANS OF TO - DAY . A Series of Personal Sketches . By T. WEMYSS REID , author of " Charlotte Brontė ; a Monograph . " Cabinet Portraits , & c . Two Vols . , Crown 8vo . , cloth , 15s . RECORDS OF ...
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... Land and Sea for boys . Edited , the first portion by the late W. H. G. KINGSTON , the second by G. A. HENTY . Copiously Illustrated . Cloth elegant , price 68 . Mudge and her Chicks . A Story of Children's Home Doings . By a BROTHER ...
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