This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1861 edition. Excerpt: ... CANTICLE III. CHAP. III. 6-V. I. THE BRIDEGROOM WITH THE BRIDE. PART I. CHAP. III. 6-1 I. The King in his Bridal Chariot. DAUGHTERS OF JERUSALEM. 6 What is this coming up from the Wilderness, As if it were pillars of smoke, Odorous of myrrh and frankincense, With all fragrant dust of the merchant? FRIENDS OF ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1861 edition. Excerpt: ... CANTICLE III. CHAP. III. 6-V. I. THE BRIDEGROOM WITH THE BRIDE. PART I. CHAP. III. 6-1 I. The King in his Bridal Chariot. DAUGHTERS OF JERUSALEM. 6 What is this coming up from the Wilderness, As if it were pillars of smoke, Odorous of myrrh and frankincense, With all fragrant dust of the merchant? FRIENDS OF THE BRIDEGROOM. 7 Behold his Chariot! It is Solomon's; Sixty valiant men around it, Of the valiant of Israel; 8 All of them graspers of the sword, Trained unto battle; Every man his sword on his side Against alarm by night. 9 The chariot King Solomon made him, Of the trees of Lebanon; 10 Its pillars he made of silver, The seat thereof gold, Its covering purple, The midst thereof inlaid with Love For the daughters of Jerusalem. 11 Go forth and look, ye daughters of Zion, On King Solomon! In the diadem Wherewithal his mother crowned him, Upon the day of his espousals, And the day of the gladness of his heart. PART II. CHAP. IV. I-7. Beauty of the Bride; her Portrait by the King. THE KING. iv. Lo thou fair one, My Companion, Lo thou fair one! Thine Eyes are doves within thy locks; Thy Hair like a flock of the goats, That hang adown Mount Gilead. 2 Thy Teeth like a flock of sheep even shorn, That went up from the washing, That have all of them borne twins, And none bereft among them. 3 Like a line of scarlet are thy Lips, And thy speaking beautiful; Like the halves of the pomegranate Are thy Temples through thy locks. 4 Like the Tower of David is thy Neck, Built for an armoury, With a thousand bucklers hung on it, All shields of the mighty. 5 Thy two Breasts are like two fawns, Twinlings of the roe, That feed among the lilies. 6 Until the day breathe, And the shadows flee away, I will go my way To the Mount of Myrrh, And to the Hill of...
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Add this copy of A Key to the Emblems of Solomon's Song. With a to cart. $28.97, new condition, Sold by Booksplease rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Southport, MERSEYSIDE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2019 by Hardpress Publishing.
