Sirach 50:8-10

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⁸ like roses in the days of the spring harvest,
    like lilies by springs of water,
    like a green shoot on Lebanon on a summer day,^(A)
9 like fire and incense in the censer,
    like a vessel of hammered gold
    studded with all kinds of precious stones,^(B)
10 like an olive tree laden with fruit,
    and like a cypress towering in the clouds.^(C)