bloom

And now, my father, hear me: unto Lamech my son there hath been born a son, the like of whom there is none, and his nature is not like man's nature, and the colour of his body is whiter than snow and redder than the bloom of a rose, and the hair of his head is whiter than white wool, and his eyes are like the rays of the sun, and he opened his eyes and thereupon lighted up the whole house.

On the top of the brim there was an ornament of lilies in bloom, and intertwining clusters of grapes were engraven all round.

O Ilium, I pity thee; for there shall bloom

And a pure flower shall bloom, and springs be full.

For Rome's power perished then while in its bloom;

Dry land shall bloom together with the leaves

And I saw there the Garden of Eden and its fruits, the source of the stream issuing from it, and its trees and their bloom, and those who behaved righteously.

And the rod which without water burst into bloom indicateth Mary, from whom was born, without the seed of man, the Word of God.