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Chapter 4 |
| 1 | Behold, thou
art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes within thy
locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.
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| 2 | Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came up
from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is barren among
them. |
| 3 |
Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is
comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.
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| 4 | Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armoury, whereon
there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men. |
| 5 | Thy two
breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the
lilies. |
| 6 |
Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me
to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense. |
| 7 | Thou art
all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee. |
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8 | Come with me from
Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the
top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the
leopards. |
| 9
| Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou
hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy
neck. |
| 10 |
How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is
thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!
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| 11 | Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under
thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.
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| 12 | A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain
sealed. |
| 13
| Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant
fruits; camphire, with spikenard, |
| 14 | Spikenard and saffron;
calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all
the chief spices: |
| 15 | A fountain of gardens, a well of living
waters, and streams from Lebanon. |
| 16 | Awake, O north wind; and
come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out.
Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits. |
