Song of Songs 2:2
Douay-Rheims
As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
Ambrose of Milan
"I am the flower of the field, and the lily of the valleys, as a lily among thorns." This is a plain declaration that virtues are surrounded by the thorns of spiritual wickedness, so that no one can gather the fruit who does not approach with caution.
Source details
A.D. 397 · on Song 2:2 (Concerning Virginity 1.8.43)
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.