_ “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 ]