Which preposition to use with roses

of Occurrences 286%

Instead of the lotos of the Ganges and the Nile, there shall bloom the Rose of Sharon and the Lily of the Vale.

in Occurrences 203%

" He sat looking at a wreath of roses in the light carpet, lips compressed, beating with fist into palm.

on Occurrences 65%

I saw Rose on her way to church in a strange bridal costume, a 14th-century cap, three feet high, on her head, but looking prettier than ever; then suddenly the scene changed to moonlight, in which innumerable helmets and pieces of old china were dancing a wild farandola, while my uncle, clad in complete armour and with a formidable halberd in his hand, conducted the bewildering whirl.

from Occurrences 50%

In some places it was customary to scatter roses from the roof of the church, to recall the miracle of Pentecost.

to Occurrences 42%

Attributing, then, the symbolical character of the rose to its tutelary planet, they regard the earth in the same light as the ancients did the chaste Diana, and believe that she plants this her favourite flower in the moon, whenever she loses a votary.

for Occurrences 32%

and meadows armfuls of wild roses for the decorations.

at Occurrences 29%

" "And, after all," said Patsy, "there are the sunshine and roses at the end of the journey, and they ought to make up for any amount of bother in getting there.

with Occurrences 27%

"Here is a white rose: I picked it with my hand, and, you see, a drop of my blood is on it; when you can give me a rose with a drop of your blood on it as free from taint as the stain mine makes, I shall have an answer that will not be unworthy your waiting for!" "Unworthy!

BY Occurrences 12%

A ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME.

of Occurrences 11%

He and his mother would no more have dreamed of discontinuing the festivity than of foregoing their Christmas dinner, and the Roses of Wardenhurst were invariably invited and as invariably attended it.

as Occurrences 11%

Like the Greeks, the Romans set a special value on the rose as a funeral flower, and actually left directions that their graves should be planted with this favourite flower, a custom said to have been introduced by them into this country.

into Occurrences 8%

You must let our Vermont air kiss the roses into bloom again in your pale cheeks.

like Occurrences 6%

Their corn-fields were two leagues distant, and they fetched water out of a small river to water the same, on the brinks whereof there were great banks of roses like those of Castile.

among Occurrences 6%

She was pleasing to Heaven, whither she had gone sinless to reinforce the angelic choir, and to wear the most fragrant coronal of roses among the companies of holy virgins.

under Occurrences 6%

In the drawing-room they halted, he leaning heavily on the back of a chair, she, distrait, restless, pacing the polished parquet, treading her roses under foot, turning from time to time to look at hima strange, direct, pure-lidded gaze that seemed to freshen his very soul.

without Occurrences 5%

Miss Statia once boxed my ears and sent me to bed, when she happened to ketch me listinin'; but it didn't smart much, and people can't 'spect to gather roses without thistles.

about Occurrences 4%

Some for the Glories of This World; and some Sigh for the Prophet's Paradise to come; Ah, take the Cash, and let the Credit go, Nor heed the rumble of a distant Drum! Look to the blowing Rose about us"Lo, Laughing," she says, "into the world I blow, At once the silken tassel of my Purse Tear, and its Treasure on the Garden throw.

around Occurrences 4%

Already her person was buried; only the fair young head and the diadem of white roses around it were still visible to the pitying heavens; and, last of all, was visible one marble arm.

over Occurrences 3%

We dip down into a valley to a village hidden among the trees, without fear or thought of bomb-proof shelters and masked batteries, and there in a cottage with the roses over the porch we take rest and counsel over the teacups.

across Occurrences 3%

The simplicity insisted on by the new school is evident in such lines as these from Two Red Roses across the Moon: "There was a lady lived in a hall, Large in the eyes and slim and tall; And ever she sung from noon to noon, Two red roses across the moon.

above Occurrences 3%

Fresh-looking roses above a face that has lost its first youthfulness only make that fact more obvious.

in Occurrences 2%

He clasped his hands nonchalantly behind his head, and began the first thing that came to his mind: "Roses in the moonlight To-night all thine, Pale in the shade"

on Occurrences 2%

Would not this Sir, and a Forrest of Feathers, if the rest of my Fortunes turne Turke with me; with two Prouinciall Roses on my rac'd Shooes, get me [Sidenote: with prouinciall | raz'd] a Fellowship in a crie of Players sir.

with Occurrences 2%

Then fairest Flowers with studious Art combine, The Roses with the Lillies join, And their united [Charms are ] less than mine.

against Occurrences 2%

But the roses against the window-pane Are the roses I used to know; And the rain on the roof still sings the song It sang in the long ago, When I lay me down to sleep in a bed Little and white and low.

Which preposition to use with  roses