Solomon Admires His Bride's Beauty
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Behold, 1you are beautiful, my love, behold, you are beautiful! 2Your eyes are doves 3behind your veil. 4Your hair is like a flock of goats leaping down 5the slopes of Gilead.
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Your 6teeth are like a flock of shorn ewes that have come up from the washing, all of which bear twins, and not one among them has lost its young.
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Your lips are like 7a scarlet thread, and your mouth is 8lovely. Your 9cheeks are like halves of a pomegranate 10behind your veil.
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Your 11neck is like the tower of David, built in 12rows of stone;a on it 13hang a thousand shields, all of 14them shields of warriors.
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18Until the day breathes and the shadows flee, I will go away to the mountain of 19myrrh and the hill of 20frankincense.
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23Come with me from 24Lebanon, my 25bride; come with me from 26Lebanon. Departb from the peak of Amana, from the peak of 27Senir and 28Hermon, from the dens of lions, from the mountains of leopards.
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You have captivated my heart, my 29sister, my bride; you have captivated my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one 30jewel of your necklace.
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How beautiful is your love, my 31sister, my bride! How much 32better is your love than wine, and 33the fragrance of your oils than any spice!
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Your 34lips drip nectar, my bride; 35honey and milk are under your tongue; the fragrance of your garments is 36like the fragrance of 37Lebanon.
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