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George Leo Haydock, on Song 2:1
George Leo Haydock · 1774–1849
Song 2:1 · Douay-Rheims
“I am the flower of the field, and the lily of the valleys.”
On this verse:
“I am. The spouse compares herself to a lily, as she is the fairest flower on the bed, (Calmet) or Christ may here speak. (Worthington) (Isaias xi. 1.) (Origen) — He praises himself first, that his spouse may hear her own eulogy. (Menochius)”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.