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George Leo Haydock, on Song 2:5
George Leo Haydock · 1774–1849
Song 2:5 · Douay-Rheims
“Stay me up with flowers, compass me about with apples: because I languish with love.”
On this verse:
“Flowers. Hebrew, “bottles.” — Languish. Septuagint, “am wounded.” (Haydock) — Those who enter upon the paths of virtue, are often deprived of consolations. (Calmet) — They must support themselves by reflecting on the words and sufferings of Christ. (St. Ambrose, psalm cxviii. ser. 5.) (Bossuet)”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.