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Definition of Summer damask rose
1. Noun. Large hardy very fragrant pink rose; cultivated in Asia Minor as source of attar of roses; parent of many hybrids.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Summer Damask Rose
Literary usage of Summer damask rose
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1896)
"The garden walks Were choked with leaves, and on their ragged biers Lay dead the
sweets of summer — damask rose, Clove-pink, old-fashioned, ..."
2. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"So blooms Celena, daughter of the skies, Queen of the joys romantic rapture
dreams, Her cheeks are summer's damask rose, her eyes Steal their quick lustre ..."
3. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"... Her cheeks are summer's damask rose, her eyes Steal their quick lustre from
the morning's beams. Her airy neck the shining tresses shade ..."
4. The Poetic New World by Lucy Henderson Humphrey (1910)
"The garden walks Were choked with leaves, and on their ragged biers Lay dead the
sweets of summer—damask rose, Clove-pink, old-fashioned, loved New England ..."
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