The California Collection/TheCaliforniaCollection.cdr/his051/song.txt

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SONG OF SOLOMON 1:1 The song of songs, which {is} Solomon's.
SONG OF SOLOMON 1:2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth:
for thy love {is} better than wine.
SONG OF SOLOMON 1:3 Because of the savour of thy good ointments
thy name {is as} ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins
love thee.
SONG OF SOLOMON 1:4 Draw me, we will run after thee: the king
hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in
thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love
thee.
SONG OF SOLOMON 1:5 I {am} black, but comely, O ye daughters of
Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
SONG OF SOLOMON 1:6 Look not upon me, because I {am} black,
because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother's children were
angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; {but}
mine own vineyard have I not kept.
SONG OF SOLOMON 1:7 Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where
thou feedest, where thou makest {thy flock} to rest at noon: for
why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy
companions?
SONG OF SOLOMON 1:8 If thou know not, O thou fairest among women,
go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids
beside the shepherds' tents.
SONG OF SOLOMON 1:9 I have compared thee, O my love, to a company
of horses in Pharaoh's chariots.
SONG OF SOLOMON 1:10 Thy cheeks are comely with rows {of jewels},
thy neck with chains {of gold}.
SONG OF SOLOMON 1:11 We will make thee borders of gold with studs
of silver.
SONG OF SOLOMON 1:12 While the king {sitteth} at his table, my
spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.
SONG OF SOLOMON 1:13 A bundle of myrrh {is} my wellbeloved unto
me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.
SONG OF SOLOMON 1:14 My beloved {is} unto me {as} a cluster of
camphire in the vineyards of Engedi.
SONG OF SOLOMON 1:15 Behold, thou {art} fair, my love; behold,
thou {art} fair; thou {hast} doves' eyes.
SONG OF SOLOMON 1:16 Behold, thou {art} fair, my beloved, yea,
pleasant: also our bed {is} green.
SONG OF SOLOMON 1:17 The beams of our house {are} cedar, {and}
our rafters of fir.
SONG OF SOLOMON 2:1 I {am} the rose of Sharon, {and} the lily of
the valleys.
SONG OF SOLOMON 2:2 As the lily among thorns, so {is} my love
among the daughters.
SONG OF SOLOMON 2:3 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.
SONG OF SOLOMON 2:4 He brought me to the banqueting house, and
his banner over me {was} love.
SONG OF SOLOMON 2:5 Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples:
for I {am} sick of love.
SONG OF SOLOMON 2:6 His left hand {is} under my head, and his
right hand doth embrace me.
SONG OF SOLOMON 2:7 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.
SONG OF SOLOMON 2:8 The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh
leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.
SONG OF SOLOMON 2:9 My beloved is like a roe or a young hart:
behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the
windows, shewing himself through the lattice.
SONG OF SOLOMON 2:10 My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up,
my love, my fair one, and come away.
SONG OF SOLOMON 2:11 For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is
over {and} gone;
SONG OF SOLOMON 2:12 The flowers appear on the earth; the time of
the singing {of birds} is come, and the voice of the turtle is
heard in our land;
SONG OF SOLOMON 2:13 The fig tree putteth forth her green figs,
and the vines {with} the tender grape give a {good} smell. Arise,
my love, my fair one, and come away.
SONG OF SOLOMON 2:14 O my dove, {that art} in the clefts of the
rock, in the secret {places} of the stairs, let me see thy
countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet {is} thy voice, and
thy countenance {is} comely.
SONG OF SOLOMON 2:15 Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that
spoil the vines: for our vines {have} tender grapes.
SONG OF SOLOMON 2:16 My beloved {is} mine, and I {am} his: he
feedeth among the lilies.
SONG OF SOLOMON 2:17 Until the day break, and the shadows flee
away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart
upon the mountains of Bether.
SONG OF SOLOMON 3:1 By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul
loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
SONG OF SOLOMON 3:2 I will rise now, and go about the city in the
streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul
loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
SONG OF SOLOMON 3:3 The watchmen that go about the city found me:
{to whom I said}, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?
SONG OF SOLOMON 3:4 {It was} but a little that I passed from
them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would
not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house,
and into the chamber of her that conceived me.
SONG OF SOLOMON 3:5 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.
SONG OF SOLOMON 3:6 Who {is} this that cometh out of the
wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and
frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?
SONG OF SOLOMON 3:7 Behold his bed, which {is} Solomon's;
threescore valiant men {are} about it, of the valiant of Israel.
SONG OF SOLOMON 3:8 They all hold swords, {being} expert in war:
every man {hath} his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the
night.
SONG OF SOLOMON 3:9 King Solomon made himself a chariot of the
wood of Lebanon.
SONG OF SOLOMON 3:10 He made the pillars thereof {of} silver, the
bottom thereof {of} gold, the covering of it {of} purple, the
midst thereof being paved {with} love, for the daughters of
Jerusalem.
SONG OF SOLOMON 3:11 Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold
king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in
the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his
heart.
SONG OF SOLOMON 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.
SONG OF SOLOMON 4:2 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.
SONG OF SOLOMON 4:3 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.
SONG OF SOLOMON 4:4 Thy neck {is} like the tower of David builded
for an armoury, whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all
shields of mighty men.
SONG OF SOLOMON 4:5 Thy two breasts {are} like two young roes
that are twins, which feed among the lilies.
SONG OF SOLOMON 4:6 Until the day break, and the shadows flee
away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of
frankincense.
SONG OF SOLOMON 4:7 Thou {art} all fair, my love; {there is} no
spot in thee.
SONG OF SOLOMON 4:8 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.
SONG OF SOLOMON 4:9 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.
SONG OF SOLOMON 4:10 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!
SONG OF SOLOMON 4:11 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.
SONG OF SOLOMON 4:12 A garden inclosed {is} my sister, {my}
spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
SONG OF SOLOMON 4:13 Thy plants {are} an orchard of pomegranates,
with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard,
SONG OF SOLOMON 4:14 Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon,
with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the
chief spices:
SONG OF SOLOMON 4:15 A fountain of gardens, a well of living
waters, and streams from Lebanon.
SONG OF SOLOMON 4:16 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.
SONG OF SOLOMON 5:1 I am come into my garden, my sister, {my}
spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my
honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat,
O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.
SONG OF SOLOMON 5:2 I sleep, but my heart waketh: {it is} the
voice of my beloved that knocketh, {saying}, Open to me, my
sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled
with dew, {and} my locks with the drops of the night.
SONG OF SOLOMON 5:3 I have put off my coat; how shall I put it
on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?
SONG OF SOLOMON 5:4 My beloved put in his hand by the hole {of
the door}, and my bowels were moved for him.
SONG OF SOLOMON 5:5 I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands
dropped {with} myrrh, and my fingers {with} sweet smelling myrrh,
upon the handles of the lock.
SONG OF SOLOMON 5:6 I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had
withdrawn himself, {and} was gone: my soul failed when he spake:
I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave
me no answer.
SONG OF SOLOMON 5:7 The watchmen that went about the city found
me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took
away my veil from me.
SONG OF SOLOMON 5:8 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye
find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I {am} sick of love.
SONG OF SOLOMON 5:9 What {is} thy beloved more than {another}
beloved, O thou fairest among women? what {is} thy beloved more
than {another} beloved, that thou dost so charge us?
SONG OF SOLOMON 5:10 My beloved {is} white and ruddy, the
chiefest among ten thousand.
SONG OF SOLOMON 5:11 His head {is as} the most fine gold, his
locks {are} bushy, {and} black as a raven.
SONG OF SOLOMON 5:12 His eyes {are} as {the eyes} of doves by the
rivers of waters, washed with milk, {and} fitly set.
SONG OF SOLOMON 5:13 His cheeks {are} as a bed of spices, {as}
sweet flowers: his lips {like} lilies, dropping sweet smelling
myrrh.
SONG OF SOLOMON 5:14 His hands {are as} gold rings set with the
beryl: his belly {is as} bright ivory overlaid {with} sapphires.
SONG OF SOLOMON 5:15 His legs {are as} pillars of marble, set
upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance {is} as Lebanon,
excellent as the cedars.
SONG OF SOLOMON 5:16 His mouth {is} most sweet: yea, he {is}
altogether lovely. This {is} my beloved, and this {is} my friend,
O daughters of Jerusalem.
SONG OF SOLOMON 6:1 Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest
among women? whither is thy beloved turned aside? that we may
seek him with thee.
SONG OF SOLOMON 6:2 My beloved is gone down into his garden, to
the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
SONG OF SOLOMON 6:3 I {am} my beloved's, and my beloved {is}
mine: he feedeth among the lilies.
SONG OF SOLOMON 6:4 Thou {art} beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah,
comely as Jerusalem, terrible as {an army} with banners.
SONG OF SOLOMON 6:5 Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have
overcome me: thy hair {is} as a flock of goats that appear from
Gilead.
SONG OF SOLOMON 6:6 Thy teeth {are} as a flock of sheep which go
up from the washing, whereof every one beareth twins, and {there
is} not one barren among them.
SONG OF SOLOMON 6:7 As a piece of a pomegranate {are} thy temples
within thy locks.
SONG OF SOLOMON 6:8 There are threescore queens, and fourscore
concubines, and virgins without number.
SONG OF SOLOMON 6:9 My dove, my undefiled is {but} one; she {is}
the {only} one of her mother, she {is} the choice {one} of her
that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; {yea}, the
queens and the concubines, and they praised her.
SONG OF SOLOMON 6:10 Who {is} she {that} looketh forth as the
morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, {and} terrible as
{an army} with banners?
SONG OF SOLOMON 6:11 I went down into the garden of nuts to see
the fruits of the valley, {and} to see whether the vine
flourished {and} the pomegranates budded.
SONG OF SOLOMON 6:12 Or ever I was aware, my soul made me {like}
the chariots of Amminadib.
SONG OF SOLOMON 6:13 Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return,
that we may look upon thee.  What will ye see in the Shulamite?
as it were the company of two armies.
SONG OF SOLOMON 7:1 How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O
prince's daughter! the joints of thy thighs {are} like jewels,
the work of the hands of a cunning workman.
SONG OF SOLOMON 7:2 Thy navel {is like} a round goblet, {which}
wanteth not liquor: thy belly {is like} an heap of wheat set
about with lilies.
SONG OF SOLOMON 7:3 Thy two breasts {are} like two young roes
{that are} twins.
SONG OF SOLOMON 7:4 Thy neck {is} as a tower of ivory; thine eyes
{like} the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: thy
nose {is} as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.
SONG OF SOLOMON 7:5 Thine head upon thee {is} like Carmel, and
the hair of thine head like purple; the king {is} held in the
galleries.
SONG OF SOLOMON 7:6 How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love,
for delights!
SONG OF SOLOMON 7:7 This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and
thy breasts to clusters {of grapes}.
SONG OF SOLOMON 7:8 I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will
take hold of the boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as
clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples;
SONG OF SOLOMON 7:9 And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine
for my beloved, that goeth {down} sweetly, causing the lips of
those that are asleep to speak.
SONG OF SOLOMON 7:10 I {am} my beloved's, and his desire {is}
toward me.
SONG OF SOLOMON 7:11 Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the
field; let us lodge in the villages.
SONG OF SOLOMON 7:12 Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us
see if the vine flourish, {whether} the tender grape appear,
{and} the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my
loves.
SONG OF SOLOMON 7:13 The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates
{are} all manner of pleasant {fruits}, new and old, {which} I
have laid up for thee, O my beloved.
SONG OF SOLOMON 8:1 O that thou {wert} as my brother, that sucked
the breasts of my mother!  {when} I should find thee without, I
would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised.
SONG OF SOLOMON 8:2 I would lead thee, {and} bring thee into my
mother's house, {who} would instruct me: I would cause thee to
drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.
SONG OF SOLOMON 8:3 His left hand {should be} under my head, and
his right hand should embrace me.
SONG OF SOLOMON 8:4 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that
ye stir not up, nor awake {my} love, until he please.
SONG OF SOLOMON 8:5 Who {is} this that cometh up from the
wilderness, leaning upon her beloved?  I raised thee up under the
apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she
brought thee forth {that} bare thee.
SONG OF SOLOMON 8:6 Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal
upon thine arm: for love {is} strong as death; jealousy {is}
cruel as the grave: the coals thereof {are} coals of fire, {which
hath} a most vehement flame.
SONG OF SOLOMON 8:7 Many waters cannot quench love, neither can
the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his
house for love, it would utterly be contemned.
SONG OF SOLOMON 8:8 We have a little sister, and she hath no
breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she
shall be spoken for?
SONG OF SOLOMON 8:9 If she {be} a wall, we will build upon her a
palace of silver: and if she {be} a door, we will inclose her
with boards of cedar.
SONG OF SOLOMON 8:10 I {am} a wall, and my breasts like towers:
then was I in his eyes as one that found favour.
SONG OF SOLOMON 8:11 Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon; he let
out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof
was to bring a thousand {pieces} of silver.
SONG OF SOLOMON 8:12 My vineyard, which {is} mine, {is} before
me: thou, O Solomon, {must have} a thousand, and those that keep
the fruit thereof two hundred.
SONG OF SOLOMON 8:13 Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the
companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear {it}.
SONG OF SOLOMON 8:14 Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to
a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.