Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil. SOLOMON The song of songs, which is Solomon's. LET him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, As the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. to rest at noon: For why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions? [ io7 ] If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, While the king sitteth at his table, My spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof. A bundle of myrrh is my wellbeloved unto me; He shall lie all night betwixt my breasts. My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire In the vineyards of En-gedi. Behold,thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; Thou hast doves' eyes. Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: Also our bed is green. The beams of our house are cedar, And our rafters of fir. I Am the rose of Sharon, As the lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters. 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, And his fruit was sweet to my taste. He brought me to the banqueting house, And his banner over me was love. Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: For I am sick of love. His left hand is under my head, And his right hand doth embrace me. I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes, and by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please. The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh [ 109 ] |