MUTUAL PRAISE AND PRAISE OF LOVE. The bride sets herself forth as the
Rose (_meadow saffron_ or _crocus_) of Sharon (or _the plain_) and the
Lily (_scarlet anemone?_) of the valley. To this the lover replies
that other young women are in comparison to her the thorns among which
those lilies often gr... [ Continue Reading ]
SONG OF SOLOMON 2:8 contains one of the most beautiful poems in the
whole book; it breathes the air of the fresh spring-time, when,
according to our own poet, a young man's fancy lightly turns to
thoughts of love; here it is a young woman's fancy that hears the
steps of the beloved hastening over th... [ Continue Reading ]