“1 I [am] the rose of Sharon, [and] the lily of the valleys. 2 As the
lily among thorns, so [is] my love among the daughters.”
“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. 4 He brought me to the banqueting house,
and his banner over me [was] love. 5 Stay me with flagons, comfort me
with apples: for I [am] sick of love. 6 His left hand [is] under my
head, and his right hand doth embrace me. 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.”
“8 The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the
mountains, skipping upon the hills. 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. 10 My beloved spake, and
said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. 11 For, lo,
the winter is past, the rain is over [and] gone; 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; 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.”
“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. 15
Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines
[have] tender grapes. 16 My beloved [is] mine, and I [am] his: he
feedeth among the lilies. 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 2:1-17 AV)