...everywhere, like diamonds of the desert, is the rare and richest treasure of Damascus. Oh, lovely Damascus ! thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates with pleasant...a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon. Well, indeed, might Naaman extol the rivers of Damascus more than the waters of Israel. Even the Greeks,...

...calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices: 15 ondervan Publishing 16 f Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, thai the spices thereof may flow...

...of her as a fruitful and spiced enclosed garden, chaste as a spring shut up, 'a fountain sealed ... a fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon'. Again the lover disappears, and again she seeks him. 'My beloved had withdrawn himself; and was gone:...

...PART THREE The Kingdom Beyond the Sea : Outremer, 1131-1303 LIVING WATERS The Holy Land, 1131-1168 T 'A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon . . .' Song of Solomon HE HoLY LAND has a grand name, but geographically it is tiny. Today one can...

...are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon. A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain...a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon. from EXERCISES IN SCRIPTURAL WRITING CARL RAKOSI Sandalwood comes to my mind when I think of you and...

...heap of wheat (7.2). But the tour de force is the reverie of the hortus conclusus-. A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; A spring shut up, a fountain...A well of living waters, And streams from Lebanon. Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; Blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out."...

...shut up, a fountain sealed Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; campshire, with spikenard, Spikenard and saffron; calamus and...spices: A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters. — Song of Solomon 4 SOLOMON, DAVID'S SON, INHERITED HIS FATHER'S SMALL EMPIRE AND ALL his great trappings...

...spices and the herbs in the second part of the verse describe the grace of the Spirit. Verse 15 says, "A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon." Both wells and fountains are for watering the garden and bringing forth flowers and trees. A well signifies...

...and fruits are seen growing together. lt is tempting to see this as a prefiguration of Arab gardens: "A garden enclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring...well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon." ' Traditional Oriental gardens were adopted by lslam which applied new rules and a geometric model...

...calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense ; rnyrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices : 15 A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon. 16 Awake, O north wind ; and come, thou south, blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow...