 | 1803 - 240 pages
...men :" that is, straight and tall, adorned with golden chains and the richest jewels of the East. " Thy two breasts are like two " young roses that are twins, which feed among the " lilies," the exquisite elegance and propriety of which similitude need not be pointed out, and cannot be excelled.... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1833 - 396 pages
...B. 1, p. 67.— Wunderhorn, Part 1, p. 231.) p. 139. The twin pair, which feed among rosei.] — " Thy two breasts are like two young roses that are twins, which feed among the lilies." — (Song of Solomon, ch. iv. v. 5.) " Je ne vous conseille pas de traduire cela litteralement. On... | |
 | William Hamilton Kittoe - 1845 - 300 pages
...as the swift rolling The sacred post also gives a most vivid description in Solomon's Song : — " Thy two breasts are like two young roses that are twins, which feed among the lilies." — Chap. iv. ver. 5. The eminent artists of antiquity however never represented the breast with much... | |
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... thy two breasts are like two young roses that are twins, which feed among the lilies. 