_ “Behold, you are fair, my love; behold, you are fair, Your eyes are as doves behind your veil. Your hair is as a flock of goats, Which lie along the side of mount Gilead. Your teeth are like a flock of ewes that are newly shorn, Which are come up from the washing, Of which every one has twins, And... [ Continue Reading ]
PREPARATION AFTER THE WEDDING FOR THE FINAL LOVE-MAKING. The BRIDEGROOM anticipates the pleasure ahead. _ “Until the day be cool, And the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, And to the hill of frankincense. You are all fair, my love, And there is no spot in you.”_ Finally So... [ Continue Reading ]
THE FINAL LOVE-MAKING. The BRIDEGROOM speaks love to his bride. _ “Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, With me from Lebanon. Look from the top of Amana, From the top of Senir and Hermon, From the lions' dens, From the mountains of the leopards.”_ The bridegroom invites his beloved bride to enter... [ Continue Reading ]
_ “You have ravished my heart, my sister, my bride, You have ravished my heart with one of your eyes, With one chain of your neck. How fair is your love, my sister, my bride! How much better is your love than wine! And the fragrance of your oils than all manner of spices! Your lips, O my bride, drop... [ Continue Reading ]
The BRIDEGROOM now delights in the fact that his bride is his, and his alone. _ “A garden enclosed is my sister, my bride, A spring shut up, a fountain sealed. Your shoots are an orchard of pomegranates, with precious fruits; Henna with spikenard plants, spikenard and saffron, Calamus and cinnamon,... [ Continue Reading ]
THE BRIDE'S RESPONSE in which she offers herself to the bridegroom. _ “Awake, O north wind, And come, you south, Blow on my garden, That its spices may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, And eat his precious fruits.”_ The bride is delighted that the bridegroom should partake of the fru... [ Continue Reading ]