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8 Said I, Let me climb the palm-tree,
Let me grasp its branches.

And let now thy breasts become
Like clusters of the vine,

And the odour of thy breath,
Like the citron apples;

9 And the flowing of thy lips
Like to the choicest wine,

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PART IV. CHAP. VII. II-VIII. 4.

Garden in the Fields with Blossoms, Early Fruits, and Stores from the previous Autumn.

THE BRIDE.

II Come thou, my Well-beloved,

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Let us go forth into the field;
By night let us lodge in the villages,
Let us rise early to the vineyards,
Let us look if sprouted hath the vine,

If the flowers are opening of the grape,
If in blossom the pomegranates;
There will I give my love to Thee:
13 The love-flowers scatter fragrance,
And at our gates,

VIII.

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All pleasant fruits,

Both new and old,

My Beloved,

Have I laid up in store for Thee.

Oh that thou wert as my Brother,
That sucked the breasts of my mother!
Were I to find thee in the street,

I would kiss thee,

Yea and they would not despise me;
I would lead thee,

Would bring thee to my mother's house,
Thou wouldst teach me;

I would make thee drink of wine with spice,
Of the must of my pomegranate.

3 His left hand under my head should be,
And his right hand should embrace me.

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CANTICLE V.

CHAP. VIII. 5-14.

UNION OF THE BRIDE WITH A YOUNGER SISTER, AND TRANSFERENCE OF THE VINEYARD.

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DAUGHTERS OF JERUSALEM.

5 Who is this coming up from the Desert, Leaning herself on her Well-beloved?

THE BRIDE.

Under the apple-tree

I uplifted Thee;

There thy mother travailed with thee,
There sore travailing she bare thee.

6 Set me as a seal upon thine heart,
As a signet on thine arm,
Seeing that strong as death is Love,
Cruel as Hades jealousy;

The flames thereof are coals of fire, The bright flame of the Almighty; 7 Waters many cannot quench love,

Nor shall floodstreams overwhelm it;
If a man were to give entire

The wealth of his house for love,
With scorn it would be spurned.

PART II.- -CHAP. VIII. 8-10.

The Little Sister.

FRIENDS OF THE BRIDEGROOM.

(Consulting.)

8 A sister have we, a little one,

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And there are no breasts on her;

What shall we do for our sister's sake,
In the day she is spoken for?

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THE LITTLE SISTER.

I am become a Wall,

And my breasts like turrets;

So am I in his eyes,

As one that findeth Peace.

PART III.-CHAP. VIII. 11-14.

The Bride in the Vineyard, her Lord's and her own.

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FRIENDS OF THE BRIDEGROOM.

A Vineyard owned Solomon,
At the Place of Concourse;

He had given the vineyard
To the charge of keepers,
Each was to bring for its fruit
A thousand silver shekels.

THE BRIDE.

(With her Sister united.)

My Vineyard, even mine, is before me,
The thousand shekels thine, Solomon, shall be,
And two hundred for the keepers of its fruit.

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