Cynosurus Cristatus - Flowers

Famous quotes containing the word flowers:

“My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one,
and come away.
For lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;
The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;”
—Bible: Hebrew The Song of Solomon (l. II, 10–12)

“Here’s flowers for you:
Hot lavender, mints, savory, marjoram,
The marigold, that goes to bed wi’the sun,
And with him rises, weeping.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“Sweet ladies, long may ye bloom, and toughly I hope ye may thole,
But was she not lucky? In flowers and lace and mourning,
In love and great honor we bade God rest her soul
After six little spaces of chill, and six of burning.”
—John Crowe Ransom (1888–1974)