Song of Solomon 2:8

With kindly banter he bids her lead out her little flock of female kids and take her chance of finding him.

9-11. It would not occur to us to compare a woman to a beautiful mare: but an Eastern at once appreciates the simile. In Damascus 'the mare comes before wife and child': she may be worth £40,000, and there really is no more beautiful creature. The Egyptian horse was once prized much as the Arab now is (2 Chronicles 9:28).