...me princes rule, and nobles : even all the judges of the earth [the earthly phase of the Kingdom]. I love them that love me ; and they that seek me early shall find me. Riches and honor are with me ; yea, durable riches and righteousness. My fruit is better than gold,...

...resolved.'' And this resolution was kept, and William soon happily realized the truth of the promise, " I love them that love me, and they that seek me early shall find me."— Mother's Magazine. MRS. MAY, CDLMSTOCR, DEVON. Elizaheth May was horn at Appledon, North Devon, in...

...is replicated in the assimilation of masculine and feminine traits. 120 In a sermon on Proverbs 8.17 ("I love them that love me, and they that seek me early shall find me"), Donne explores the androgyny of Christ's love in ways that illumine the tacit androgyny of Herbert's...

...thirst, He, the Lord, will hear them, and He, the God of Israel, will not forsake them. Nay, He says, 'I love them that love me, and they that seek me early shall find me.' And hast thou never had a little sweet word dropped into thy heart which hath encouraged thee for a...

...the date of the gift. The pen played a moment in her fingers, and then she wrote below the date: " 'I love them that love me; and they that seek me early shall find me.' This was for Ellen; but the next words were not for her; what made her write them?— " 'I will be...

...vol. I, 236-51; subsequent references appear in the text. Donne's sermon text was Proverbs 8:17 ('/ love them that love me, and they that seek me early shall find me'). 42 The two surviving manuscript copies have no title or heading and mention only the Scriptural text...

...struck by an observation concerning the content of her mother's inscription, two texts. The first text, "I love them that love me; and they that seek me early shall find Me," enclosing subject and object in a timeless, self-sustaining circuit, may reflect not only Christian...