great Solomon's-seal

great Solomon's-seal

Great Solomon's-seal (Polygonatum canaliculatum).

I like this plant, it uses rhizomes and therefore spreads well in the shaded, semi-shaded areas of our gardens. For parts of our woodland beds we use it as a groundcover, see above image.

flowers of the Solomon's-seal

I like the fact the name conjures up King Solomon for me. I think he must have been an incredible person, a Renaissance man long before the Renaissance. This guy was the real deal, a poet, art connoisseur, architecture "the temple", a scholar, righteous, a King and lover of God. If you have, any doubts read this poem, which he wrote in his Book “Song of Songs”.
I mean I get hot when I read this. It’s a very sexy poem. I want my lover to write me such words and desire me as much. Is this not a song of love? Is it a song of longing for the City of God? It's good...

Song of Solomon 7 (New International Version)

Song of Solomon 7

1 How beautiful your sandaled feet,
O prince's daughter!
Your graceful legs are like jewels,
the work of a craftsman's hands.

2 Your navel is a rounded goblet
that never lacks blended wine.
Your waist is a mound of wheat
encircled by lilies.

3 Your breasts are like two fawns,
twins of a gazelle.

4 Your neck is like an ivory tower.
Your eyes are the pools of Heshbon
by the gate of Bath Rabbim.
Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon
looking toward Damascus.

5 Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel.
Your hair is like royal tapestry;
the king is held captive by its tresses.

6 How beautiful you are and how pleasing,
O love, with your delights!

7 Your stature is like that of the palm,
and your breasts like clusters of fruit.
8 I said, "I will climb the palm tree;
I will take hold of its fruit."
May your breasts be like the clusters of the vine,
the fragrance of your breath like apples,

9 and your mouth like the best wine.

Beloved
May the wine go straight to my lover,
flowing gently over lips and teeth.

10 I belong to my lover,
and his desire is for me.

11 Come, my lover, let us go to the countryside,
let us spend the night in the villages.

12 Let us go early to the vineyards
to see if the vines have budded,
if their blossoms have opened,
and if the pomegranates are in bloom—
there I will give you my love.

13 The mandrakes send out their fragrance,
and at our door is every delicacy,
both new and old,
that I have stored up for you, my lover.

Courtesy of http://bible.gospelcom.net
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