“Her heart was warmed and melted like the dew on roses under the morning sun.”
Apollonius of Rhodes book Argonautica
Source: Argonautica (3rd century BC), Book III. Jason and Medea, Lines 1019–1021
“Everything about her was warm and soft and scented; even the stains of her grief became her as raindrops do the beaten rose.”
— Edith Wharton, book The House of Mirth
Source: The House of Mirth
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