| 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, that1 appear from mount Gilead.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 4 Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armoury, whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men.
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| 5 Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies.
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| 6 Until the day break,2 and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.
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| 7 Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.
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| 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.
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| 9 Thou hast ravished3 my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.
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| 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!
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| 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.
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| 12 A garden inclosed4 is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up,5 a fountain sealed.
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| 13 Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire,6 with spikenard,
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| 14 Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:
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| 15 ¶ A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.
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| 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.
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