Sun dials and roses of yesterday; garden delights which are here displayed in every truth and are moreover regarded as emblems (1902)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York; London : Macmillan & co., ltd. · leaf 529
and they had gone Maying together,driven out to gather the sweet Trailing Arbutus,and that was an open act of keeping company, anhereditary transmission from the old world of May-day customs. His father and mother spoke to himbut once, and then besought him not to proceedfurther in his love-making;… … Dragon Gnomon. Even after the death of both minister and infidel,the widow of Dr. Holmes, simply through herhorror of an infidel and a suicide, could keep herson silent as to his love for the daughter of such aone, though he loved the girl far too well ever toheed thought of another sweetheart…
Sundials · Roses · Rosicrucians
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