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I sat down under his shadow with great<br> + delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.</p> + +<p>22:002:004 He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me<br> + was love.</p> + +<p>22:002:005 Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of<br> + love.</p> + +<p>22:002:006 His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth<br> + embrace me.</p> + +<p>22:002:007 I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by<br> + the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my<br> + love, till he please.</p> + +<p>22:002:008 The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the<br> + mountains, skipping upon the hills.</p> + +<p>22:002:009 My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth<br> + behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing<br> + himself through the lattice.</p> + +<p>22:002:010 My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair<br> + one, and come away.</p> + +<p>22:002:011 For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;</p> + +<p>22:002:012 The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of<br> + birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our<br> + land;</p> + +<p>22:002:013 The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with<br> + the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair<br> + one, and come away.</p> + +<p>22:002:014 O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret<br> + places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear<br> + thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is<br> + comely.</p> + +<p>22:002:015 Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for<br> + our vines have tender grapes.</p> + +<p>22:002:016 My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.</p> + +<p>22:002:017 Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my<br> + beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the<br> + mountains of Bether.</p> + +<p>22:003:001 By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought<br> + him, but I found him not.</p> + +<p>22:003:002 I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in<br> + the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought<br> + him, but I found him not.</p> + +<p>22:003:003 The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said,<br> + Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?</p> + +<p>22:003:004 It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him<br> + whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go,<br> + until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the<br> + chamber of her that conceived me.</p> + +<p>22:003:005 I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by<br> + the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my<br> + love, till he please.</p> + +<p>22:003:006 Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of<br> + smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders<br> + of the merchant?</p> + +<p>22:003:007 Behold his bed, which is Solomon's; threescore valiant men are<br> + about it, of the valiant of Israel.</p> + +<p>22:003:008 They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his<br> + sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.</p> + +<p>22:003:009 King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon.</p> + +<p>22:003:010 He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of<br> + gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being<br> + paved with love, for the daughters of Jerusalem.</p> + +<p>22:003:011 Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with<br> + the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his<br> + espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.</p> + +<p>22:004:001 Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou<br> + hast doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of<br> + goats, that appear from mount Gilead.</p> + +<p>22:004:002 Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which<br> + came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and<br> + none is barren among them.</p> + +<p>22:004:003 Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is<br> + comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within<br> + thy locks.</p> + +<p>22:004:004 Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armoury,<br> + whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty<br> + men.</p> + +<p>22:004:005 Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which<br> + feed among the lilies.</p> + +<p>22:004:006 Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me<br> + to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.</p> + +<p>22:004:007 Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.</p> + +<p>22:004:008 Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon:<br> + look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon,<br> + from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards.</p> + +<p>22:004:009 Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast<br> + ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of<br> + thy neck.</p> + +<p>22:004:010 How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is<br> + thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all<br> + spices!</p> + +<p>22:004:011 Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk<br> + are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like<br> + the smell of Lebanon.</p> + +<p>22:004:012 A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a<br> + fountain sealed.</p> + +<p>22:004:013 Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant<br> + fruits; camphire, with spikenard,</p> + +<p>22:004:014 Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of<br> + frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:</p> + +<p>22:004:015 A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams<br> + from Lebanon.</p> + +<p>22:004:016 Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my<br> + garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved<br> + come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.</p> + +<p>22:005:001 I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have<br> + gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb<br> + with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O<br> + friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.</p> + +<p>22:005:002 I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved<br> + that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my<br> + dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my<br> + locks with the drops of the night.</p> + +<p>22:005:003 I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed<br> + my feet; how shall I defile them?</p> + +<p>22:005:004 My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my<br> + bowels were moved for him.</p> + +<p>22:005:005 I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with<br> + myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the<br> + handles of the lock.</p> + +<p>22:005:006 I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself,<br> + and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but<br> + I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.</p> + +<p>22:005:007 The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me,<br> + they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil<br> + from me.</p> + +<p>22:005:008 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved,<br> + that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.</p> + +<p>22:005:009 What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest<br> + among women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved,<br> + that thou dost so charge us?</p> + +<p>22:005:010 My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten<br> + thousand.</p> + +<p>22:005:011 His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and<br> + black as a raven.</p> + +<p>22:005:012 His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters,<br> + washed with milk, and fitly set.</p> + +<p>22:005:013 His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips<br> + like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.</p> + +<p>22:005:014 His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is<br> + as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires.</p> + +<p>22:005:015 His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine<br> + gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.</p> + +<p>22:005:016 His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is<br> + my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.</p> + +<p>22:006:001 Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women?<br> + whither is thy beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with<br> + thee.</p> + +<p>22:006:002 My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of<br> + spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.</p> + +<p>22:006:003 I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among<br> + the lilies.</p> + +<p>22:006:004 Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem,<br> + terrible as an army with banners.</p> + +<p>22:006:005 Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy<br> + hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.</p> + +<p>22:006:006 Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the<br> + washing, whereof every one beareth twins, and there is not one<br> + barren among them.</p> + +<p>22:006:007 As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks.</p> + +<p>22:006:008 There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and<br> + virgins without number.</p> + +<p>22:006:009 My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her<br> + mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The<br> + daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the<br> + concubines, and they praised her.</p> + +<p>22:006:010 Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the<br> + moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?</p> + +<p>22:006:011 I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the<br> + valley, and to see whether the vine flourished and the<br> + pomegranates budded.</p> + +<p>22:006:012 Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of<br> + Amminadib.</p> + +<p>22:006:013 Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look<br> + upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the<br> + company of two armies.</p> + +<p>22:007:001 How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince's daughter!<br> + the joints of thy thighs are like jewels, the work of the<br> + hands of a cunning workman.</p> + +<p>22:007:002 Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor:<br> + thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies.</p> + +<p>22:007:003 Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins.</p> + +<p>22:007:004 Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools<br> + in Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: thy nose is as the<br> + tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.</p> + +<p>22:007:005 Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine<br> + head like purple; the king is held in the galleries.</p> + +<p>22:007:006 How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!</p> + +<p>22:007:007 This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to<br> + clusters of grapes.</p> + +<p>22:007:008 I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the<br> + boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of<br> + the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples;</p> + +<p>22:007:009 And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved,<br> + that goeth down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are<br> + asleep to speak.</p> + +<p>22:007:010 I am my beloved's, and his desire is toward me.</p> + +<p>22:007:011 Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge<br> + in the villages.</p> + +<p>22:007:012 Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine<br> + flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the<br> + pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my loves.</p> + +<p>22:007:013 The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of<br> + pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O<br> + my beloved.</p> + +<p>22:008:001 O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my<br> + mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee;<br> + yea, I should not be despised.</p> + +<p>22:008:002 I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother's house, who<br> + would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine<br> + of the juice of my pomegranate.</p> + +<p>22:008:003 His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand<br> + should embrace me.</p> + +<p>22:008:004 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up,<br> + nor awake my love, until he please.</p> + +<p>22:008:005 Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon<br> + her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy<br> + mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that<br> + bare thee.</p> + +<p>22:008:006 Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm:<br> + for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave:<br> + the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most<br> + vehement flame.</p> + +<p>22:008:007 Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown<br> + it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for<br> + love, it would utterly be contemned.</p> + +<p>22:008:008 We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall<br> + we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?</p> + +<p>22:008:009 If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver:<br> + and if she be a door, we will inclose her with boards of<br> + cedar.</p> + +<p>22:008:010 I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his<br> + eyes as one that found favour.</p> + +<p>22:008:011 Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon; he let out the vineyard<br> + unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a<br> + thousand pieces of silver.</p> + +<p>22:008:012 My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon,<br> + must have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof<br> + two hundred.</p> + +<p>22:008:013 Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to<br> + thy voice: cause me to hear it.</p> + +<p>22:008:014 Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a<br> + young hart upon the mountains of spices.</p> + + +<a href="book21.htm">Previous</a> <a href="contents.htm">Home</a> <a href="book23.htm">Next</a> + +</td></tr> +</table> +</center> + +</body> +</html> |