 | Richard Frederick Littledale - 1869 - 490 pages
...almsgiving, doubtless because the pomegranate, embracing many grains in one fold, is typical of charity. 4 Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an...hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men. casaiodor. They agree, for the most part, in explaining the neck R?C "vTt of tne Cburcl1 to denote... | |
 | Horatius Bonar - 1870 - 474 pages
...divinely full of all that the Church needs, and at her disposal, — at the disposal of each saint. It is 'like the tower of David, builded for an armoury,...hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men.' II. Diversities of administrations, yet the one same Lord. — The 'administrations' refer to the channels... | |
 | 1870 - 228 pages
...to injure religion and outrage the order of things." Ver. 4. " Thy neck is like the tower of David, David, builded for an armoury, whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men." The comparison here is to a stately building, built it is supposed on a projecting rock, and containing... | |
 | John Ross Macduff - 1872 - 380 pages
...precious portion of Scripture, unless He regarded it as a fortress gleaming with a glory not its own ? " Thy neck is like the tower of David, builded for an...hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men." Nor need we pause with the recorded testimony of the Church in ancient times. What formed the theme... | |
 | Maria Wright - 1872 - 418 pages
...more of this glorious fruit will be manifested. Ver. 4. Thy neck is like the tower of David, tuilded for an armoury, whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men. The neck holds up the head, uniting it to the body. It is the sign of an apostate Church that it holds... | |
 | Yrjö Hirn - 1912 - 596 pages
...outline themselves against the dark skin, he finds a comparison as apposite as it is effective : " Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an...hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men." The same simile is introduced anew in another part of the song-cycle (vii. 1-9), which was probably... | |
 | Frank Jenners Wilstach - 1916 - 540 pages
...snowie neck lyke to a marble towre. — SPENSER. Thy neck is as a tower of ivory. — OLD TESTAMENT. Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an...hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men. — IBID. Need. Need ... as pansies need the dew. — ANON. Need a wife as much as a dog does a side-pocket.... | |
 | David Churchill Somervell - 1917 - 148 pages
...is comely : Thy temples are like a piece of pomegranate Behind thy veil. Thy neck is like the tower David builded for an armoury, Whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, All the shields of the mighty men. Thy two breasts are like two fawns that are twins of a roe, Which feed... | |
 | Sheila Kaye-Smith - 1918 - 460 pages
...of her beauty. "Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes. . . . Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armoury. . . . Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies. . . . Thou... | |
 | Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel - 1920 - 434 pages
...speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of pomegranate within thy locks. Thy neck is like a tower of David builded for an armoury, whereon there...hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men. Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies.1 Until the day... | |
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Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armoury, whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men. 
