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Song of Solomon 2

1

I am a rose of Sharon, A lily of the valleys.

2

As a lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters.

3

As the apple-tree among the trees of the wood, So is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, His fruit was sweet to my taste.

4

He brought me to the banqueting-house, His banner over me was love.

5

Stay you me with raisins, refresh me with apples; For I am sick from love.

6

His left hand is under my head, His right hand does embrace me.

7

I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes, or by the hinds of the field, That you not stir up, nor awake my love, Until he please.

8

The voice of my beloved! behold, he comes, Leaping on the mountains, Skipping on the hills.

9

My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: Behold, he stands behind our wall; He looks in at the windows; He glances through the lattice.

10

My beloved spoke, and said to me, Rise up, my love, my beautiful one, and come away.

11

For, behold, the winter is past; The rain is over and gone;

12

The flowers appear on the earth; The time of the singing of birds is come, The voice of the turtle-dove is heard in our land;

13

The fig-tree ripens her green figs, The vines are in blossom; They give forth their fragrance. Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come away.

14

O my dove, that is in the clefts of the rock, In the covert of the steep place, Let me see your face, Let me hear your voice; For sweet is your voice, and your face is comely.

15

Take us the foxes, the little foxes, That spoil the vineyards; For our vineyards are in blossom.

16

My beloved is mine, and I am his: He feeds his flock among the lilies.

17

Until the day be cool, and the shadows flee away, Turn, my beloved, and be you like a roe or a young hart On the mountains of Bether.



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