The flowers appear on the earth; the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land;
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the flowers are the Apostles. (St. Ambrose) Or, the winter and rain is the terrible time of Egyptian slavery, and the flowers is the delightful time of freedom. (Nicholas of Lyra)
Pruning. Protestants, "singing of birds. "(Haydock)
But the former version is better. (Septuagint, Symmachus)
Turtle. Which returns in spring, Isaias viii. 9. (Calmet)
It denotes the preaching of the gospel, (St. Cyril, ador. 15.) or rather the sighs of a holy soul in exile.
