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<P>THE SONG OF SOLOMON Rendered into ENGLISH <HI>VERSE,</HI> By <HI>R. S.</HI></P>
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<P><HI>EDINBVRGH,</HI> Prined in the Year, MDCC.</P>
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<DIV1 TYPE="song">
<PB REF="2">
<PB N="3" REF="2">
<P>SOLOMON's <HI>SONG,</HI></P>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>Chap. I.</HEAD>
<LG N="1">
<HEAD>Ver&s;e 1.</HEAD>
<L>THe Song of Songs</L>
<L>Which is King <HI>Solomon</HI>'s.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="2">
<HEAD>2</HEAD>
<L>Let him with Ki&s;&s;es of his mouth me Ki&s;s,</L>
<L>For that thy love than Wine farr better is.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="3">
<HEAD>3</HEAD>
<L>Becau&s;e the Savour and the fragrant Smell</L>
<L>Of thy good Oyntments others that excell,</L>
<L>Thy name is as an Ointment forth that's pour'd,</L>
<L>Therefore the Virgins Love to thee afford.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="4">
<HEAD>4</HEAD>
<L>Draw me we will run after thee; the King,</L>
<L>Hath brought me to his Chambers; we will &s;ing</L>
<L>Be glad, and joy in Thee: They Love we will</L>
<L>Mind more than Wine: The Upright love Thee &s;till.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="5">
<PB N="4" REF="3">
<HEAD>5</HEAD>
<L>Tho' I am black, yet I mo&s;t comely am,</L>
<L>(O ye the Daughters of <HI>Jeru&s;alem</HI>)</L>
<L>Like to the Tents that <HI>Kedar</HI> Fields are on,</L>
<L>Or like the Curtains of King <HI>Solomon.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG N="6">
<HEAD>6</HEAD>
<L>Look not upon the Blackne&s;s of my Hue,</L>
<L>Becau&s;e the <HI>Sun</HI> doth very oft me view,</L>
<L>My Mothers Children angry were and hot,</L>
<L>To keep the Vineyards made it be my Lot,</L>
<L>Yet my own Vineyard I have keeped not.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="7">
<HEAD>7</HEAD>
<L>Tell me, O thou, whom my Soul loves alone,</L>
<L>Where thou do&s;t Feed, where thy Flocks re&s;t at noon;</L>
<L>For why &s;hould I thus turned be a&s;ide,</L>
<L>By th' flocks of thy companions to abide?</L>
</LG>
<LG N="8">
<HEAD>8</HEAD>
<L>If thou know'&s;t not, O thou the faire&s;t Dame</L>
<L>Among thy Sex, turn thou thy way amain,</L>
<L>By th' Foot&s;teps of the Flocks, and &s;o abide,</L>
<L>Feeding thy Kids, the &s;hepherds Tents be&s;ide.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="9">
<HEAD>9</HEAD>
<L>O thou my Love, I have compared thee,</L>
<L>To Hor&s;es that in <HI>Pharaoh's</HI> Chariots be.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="10">
<PB N="5" REF="3">
<HEAD>10</HEAD>
<L>Thy comely Cheeks like Jewels in a row,</L>
<L>With Chains of Gold thy Neck's adorned too.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="11">
<HEAD>11</HEAD>
<L>To thee we'll Borders make of beaten Gold</L>
<L>With &s;tuds of Silver of the fine&s;t Mold.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="12">
<HEAD>12</HEAD>
<L>While that the King is &s;itting at his Board</L>
<L>My Spikenard doth a plea&s;ant Smell afford.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="13">
<HEAD>13</HEAD>
<L>A bundle of Myrrhe my well belov'd's to me.</L>
<L>He all the Night betwixt my Brea&s;ts &s;hall be.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="14">
<HEAD>14</HEAD>
<L>And my Belov'd is as a Clu&s;ter fair</L>
<L>Of Camphire in <HI>Engedi's</HI> Vineyards rare.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="15">
<HEAD>15</HEAD>
<L>Behold thou'rt fair, behold thou'rt fair my Love,</L>
<L>Thy eyes appear like to tho&s;e of a Dove.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="16">
<HEAD>16</HEAD>
<L>Behold thou'rt fair and comely to be &s;een:</L>
<L>O thou my Love: our Bed is al&s;o green.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="17">
<HEAD>17</HEAD>
<L>Our Hou&s;e it's Beams are of the Cedar-Tree,</L>
<L>Our Rafters of the Fir compo&s;ed be.</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="chapter">
<PB N="6" REF="4">
<HEAD>CHAP. II.</HEAD>
<LG N="1">
<HEAD>Ver&s;e 1.</HEAD>
<L>I am the Ro&s;e of <HI>Sharon,</HI> and I am</L>
<L>The Lillie of the Valleys; I'm the &s;ame.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="2">
<HEAD>2</HEAD>
<L>Ev'n as the Lillie is among the Thorn,</L>
<L>So is my Love 'mong Daughters that are born.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="3">
<HEAD>3</HEAD>
<L>As th' Apple-Tree among Trees of the Wood</L>
<L>So 'mong the Sons appeareth my Belov'd;</L>
<L>I under's &s;hade with great delight did re&s;t.</L>
<L>His Fruit it was then plea&s;ant to my Ta&s;t.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="4">
<HEAD>4</HEAD>
<L>Unto the banquet hou&s;e he did me move,</L>
<L>And over me he &s;pread his banner love.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="5">
<HEAD>5</HEAD>
<L>With flaggons &s;tay, with Apples comfort me;</L>
<L>For I am &s;ick of Love exceedingly.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="6">
<HEAD>6</HEAD>
<L>Under my Head his left Hand he doth place,</L>
<L>And his right Hand doth often me embrace.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="7">
<HEAD>7</HEAD>
<L>I charge you Daughters of <HI>Jeru&s;alem,</HI></L>
<L>By th' Roes and Hynds o'th' field, I &s;ay by them&punc;</L>
<L><PB N="7" REF="4">That for to &s;tir, or 'wake my love, you cea&s;e,</L>
<L>Untill the time my welbeloved plea&s;e.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="8">
<HEAD>8</HEAD>
<L>The Voice of my belov'd! lo! He comes leaping</L>
<L>Upon the Mountains, on the Hills comes skip|ping.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="9">
<HEAD>9</HEAD>
<L>My Love is like a young Hart or a Roe:</L>
<L>And he behind our Wall is &s;tanding: lo,</L>
<L>Out at the Windows he looks forth to view,</L>
<L>And thro' the Latte&s;s He him&s;elf doth &s;hew.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="10">
<HEAD>10</HEAD>
<L>My welbeloved &s;pake to me; did &s;ay,</L>
<L>Ri&s;e up my love, my fair one, come away.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="11">
<HEAD>11</HEAD>
<L>For lo the Winter's pa&s;t, the Rain is over,</L>
<L>And gone away; beloved, do not hover.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="12">
<HEAD>12</HEAD>
<L>The Flowers upon the Earth appearing &s;tand,</L>
<L>The &s;inging of the Birds is now at hand,</L>
<L>The Turtle's Voice is heard within our land.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="13">
<HEAD>13</HEAD>
<L>From the figg-tree her green figgs &s;prout &amp; &s;well'</L>
<L>The Vine with tender Grapes gives a good Smell.</L>
<L><PB N="8" REF="5">Ari&s;e, make ha&s;t, my love, and come away,</L>
<L>O my fair one, ari&s;e, and make no &s;tay.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="14">
<HEAD>14</HEAD>
<L>My Dove! that in the in Clefts o'th'Rocks abid'ft;</L>
<L>In &s;ecret places of the Stairs re&s;id'&s;t,</L>
<L>O let me &s;ee thy Face, and thy Voice hear,</L>
<L>Thy Voice is &s;weet, thy Countenance is fair.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="15">
<HEAD>15</HEAD>
<L>Our Vines have tender Grapes: now therefore, go,</L>
<L>Take us the Foxes, little Foxes too,</L>
<L>That hurt the fruitfull Vines, and &s;poil them &s;o.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="16">
<HEAD>16</HEAD>
<L>My well belov'd is mine, and I am his;</L>
<L>Among the Lillies fair his feeding is.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="17">
<HEAD>17</HEAD>
<L>Untill the day do break and &s;haddowes flie;</L>
<L>O my beloved turn to me, and be</L>
<L>Like to a young Hart, or like to a Roe</L>
<L>Skipping on <HI>Bether</HI>'s mountains to and fro.</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="3" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CHAP. III.</HEAD>
<LG N="1">
<HEAD>Ver&s;e 1.</HEAD>
<L>BY Night, on Bed, whom my Soul loves I &s;ought</L>
<L>I &s;ought Him, but alas! I found Him not.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="2">
<PB N="9" REF="5">
<HEAD>2</HEAD>
<L>I will ri&s;e now, and round the city go;</L>
<L>And in the &s;treets, and broad ways to and fro',</L>
<L>Whom my Soul loves I'le &s;eek with my whole mind.</L>
<L>I &s;ought him but no ways I could him find</L>
</LG>
<LG N="3">
<HEAD>3</HEAD>
<L>The Watchmen that did walk the City round,</L>
<L>Although I found him not, yet me they found;</L>
<L>To whom I &s;aid; Ho watchmen! did you &s;ee</L>
<L>Him whom my very Soul loves ferventlie?</L>
</LG>
<LG N="4">
<HEAD>4</HEAD>
<L>T'was but a little I from them was gone,</L>
<L>When I found him my Soul was &s;et upon;</L>
<L>I held him, but I would not let him go,</L>
<L>Till that I had conducted him into</L>
<L>My Mothers Hou&s;e, and to the very Room</L>
<L>Of her that fir&s;t conceav'd me in her Womb.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="5">
<HEAD>5</HEAD>
<L>I charge you, daughters of <HI>Jeru&s;alem,</HI></L>
<L>By th' Roes, and by the Hinds, I &s;ay by them,</L>
<L>That for to &s;tirr, or 'wake my Love you cea&s;e,</L>
<L>Untill the time my welbeloved plea&s;e.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="6">
<HEAD>6</HEAD>
<L>Who's this that from the wilderne&s;s doth &s;tirr</L>
<L>Like &s;moaky Pillars, all perfum'd with Myrrh</L>
<L>And Frankincen&s;e, with all the Powders rare</L>
<L>That brought unto us by the Merchants are?</L>
</LG>
<LG N="7">
<PB N="10" REF="6">
<HEAD>7</HEAD>
<L>Behold! three &s;core of <HI>I&s;r'els</HI> Valiant Ones</L>
<L>Do guard the Bed which is King <HI>Solomons.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG N="8">
<HEAD>8</HEAD>
<L>They all hold Swords, in warr expert; for why?</L>
<L>Each man a Sword hath girt upon his Thigh,</L>
<L>Le&s;t dangers of the night &s;hould terrifie.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="9">
<HEAD>9</HEAD>
<L>A Bed, or Chariot; King <HI>Solomon</HI></L>
<L>Made to Him&s;elf, o'th'Wood of <HI>Lebanon.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG N="10">
<HEAD>10</HEAD>
<L>Whereof the Pillars were of &s;ilver mold,</L>
<L>The Bottom al&s;o it was made of Gold;</L>
<L>The Cover Purple; the mid&s;t pav'd with Love</L>
<L>For th'Daughters of <HI>Jeru&s;alems</HI> Behove.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="11">
<HEAD>11</HEAD>
<L>Go, <HI>Zions</HI> Daughters, See King <HI>Solomon</HI></L>
<L>With's Crown, that Crown his Mother put upon</L>
<L>His Head, that day he his E&s;pou&s;als had;</L>
<L>And in the day wherein his heart was Glad.</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="4" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CHAP. IV.</HEAD>
<LG N="1">
<HEAD>Ver&s;e 1.</HEAD>
<L>BEhold, thou'rt fair, behold, thourt fair, my love,</L>
<L>Within thy locks thou ha&s;t eyes of a Dove;</L>
<L><PB N="11" REF="6">And as a Flock of Goats that do appear</L>
<L>From the Mount <HI>Gilead:</HI> So doth thy Hair.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="2">
<HEAD>2</HEAD>
<L>Thy Teeth are like unto a Flock of Sheep</L>
<L>Ev'n &s;horn, and comeing from the waters deep,</L>
<L>Each one whereof bears twins, and there is none</L>
<L>Among them barren; not &s;o much as one.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="3">
<HEAD>3</HEAD>
<L>Thy Lipps like to a Scarlet threed appear,</L>
<L>Thy Speech is comely; plea&s;ant to mine Ear.</L>
<L>Within thy Locks, thy Temples they are &s;et</L>
<L>Ev'n like unto a piece of <HI>Pomegranate.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG N="4">
<HEAD>4</HEAD>
<L>Thy Neck is like King <HI>David</HI>'s Tow'r, which He</L>
<L>Built for an Armoury, whereon there be</L>
<L>A Thou&s;and Bucklers hanging, fit for VVar;</L>
<L>All &s;hields of men that &s;trong and mighty are.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="5">
<HEAD>5</HEAD>
<L>Thy Brea&s;ts like two Young twin Roes do appear,</L>
<L>Both which among the Lillies feeding are.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="6">
<HEAD>6</HEAD>
<L>Till the day break &amp; &s;haddows flee; from hence</L>
<L>I'l get me to the mounts of Myrrh, and thence,</L>
<L>Will al&s;o go to th'Hill of <HI>Frankincen&s;e.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG N="7">
<PB N="12" REF="7">
<HEAD>7</HEAD>
<L>My love thour't fair and comely for to &s;ee,</L>
<L>No Spot or Blemi&s;h is at all in thee.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="8">
<HEAD>8</HEAD>
<L>VVith me from <HI>Lebanon,</HI> my Spou&s;e came up,</L>
<L>VVith me from <HI>Lebanon;</HI> look from the Top</L>
<L>Of <HI>Shenir, Hermon; Amana</HI> al&s;o,</L>
<L>The Lions Denns, and Le'pards Mountains too.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="9">
<HEAD>9</HEAD>
<L>Thou'&s;t ravi&s;hed my Heart within my Brea&s;t</L>
<L>My Si&s;ter, Spou&s;e; my heart thou ravi&s;ht ha&s;t</L>
<L>VVith one glance of thine eye, &amp; with one chain</L>
<L>Encompa&s;sing thy Neck, thou did&s;t it gain.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="10">
<HEAD>10</HEAD>
<L>O thou my Si&s;ter, Spou&s;e: How fair's thy love!</L>
<L>I doe e&s;teem and value it above</L>
<L>The choice&s;t Wine; Yea and the fragrant Smell</L>
<L>Thy Ointments Yield, all Spices do excell.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="11">
<HEAD>11</HEAD>
<L>As th'Hony-comb, O Spou&s;e, drops to the ground</L>
<L>So are thy Lips. Honey&punc; and Milk are found</L>
<L>Beneath thy tongue; thy Garments give a Smell</L>
<L>Which doth ev'n that of <HI>Lebanon</HI> excell.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="12">
<HEAD>12</HEAD>
<L>Unto a Garden, fenc'd about and barr'd,</L>
<L>My Si&s;ter, &s;pou&s;e, may fitly be compar'd.</L>
<L><PB N="13" REF="7">Like to a &s;pring of Waters clo&s;elie &s;hut;</L>
<L>A Fountain whereupon a Seal is put.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="13">
<HEAD>13</HEAD>
<L>Thy Plants, an Orchard of Pomegranats are,</L>
<L>With plea&s;ant Fruits, Camphire, with Spikenard rare.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="14">
<HEAD>14</HEAD>
<L>Spikenard and Saffron, Calamus al&s;o</L>
<L>And Cinamom, with all the Trees that grow</L>
<L>Of Frankincen&s;e, of Myrrhe and Aloes</L>
<L>With all the Spices, and of them the choice.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="15">
<HEAD>15</HEAD>
<L>A well of Waters that do ever run:</L>
<L>A Fount of Gardens; &s;treams from <HI>Lebanon.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG N="16">
<HEAD>16</HEAD>
<L>Awake O North Wind; South Wind come and blow</L>
<L>Upon my Garden, make the Spices flow.</L>
<L>Let my beloved to his Garden ha&s;t,</L>
<L>And eat his Fruits mo&s;t plea&s;ant to his Ta&s;t.</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="5" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CHAP. V.</HEAD>
<LG N="1">
<HEAD>Ver&s;e 1.</HEAD>
<L>MY Si&s;ter, Spou&s;e, I'm in my garden fair,</L>
<L>My Myrrh, my Spice by me now gather'd are.</L>
<L><PB N="14" REF="8">My Honey with my Honey-Comb, al&s;o</L>
<L>I've ate; My Wine, with Milk I've drunken too;</L>
<L>Eat, O Beloved! Drink, and &s;atisfie</L>
<L>Your &s;elves, O Friends, Yea, drink abundantlie.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="2">
<HEAD>2</HEAD>
<L>I &s;leep, but yet my heart's awake. It is</L>
<L>The voice of my Belov'd that knocks; 'tis his,</L>
<L>Thus &s;aying: Open unto me, my Love,</L>
<L>My undefi'ld, My Si&s;ter, and my Dove,</L>
<L>For with the dew my Head's alreadie fill'd</L>
<L>And my Locks with the drops, by night di&s;till'd.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="3">
<HEAD>3</HEAD>
<L>I have put of my Coat, how &s;hall <HI>I</HI> then</L>
<L>(Yea how &s;hall I now) put it on agen?</L>
<L>And having wa&s;h'd my Feet mo&s;t carefully,</L>
<L>How &s;hall I now defile them? How &s;hall I?</L>
</LG>
<LG N="4">
<HEAD>4</HEAD>
<L>By the hole of the Door, his hands, my Love</L>
<L>Put in; my Bowels then for him did move.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="5">
<HEAD>5</HEAD>
<L>To my Belov'd I ro&s;e, the Door to ope',</L>
<L>And then with Myrrh my very Hands did drop,</L>
<L>My Fingers too &s;weet &s;melling Myrrh di&s;till'd,</L>
<L>Which all the handles of the Lock had fill'd.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="6">
<PB N="15" REF="8">
<HEAD>6</HEAD>
<L>I opened to my Love, but h'had withdraw'n</L>
<L>Him&s;elf away; and He away was gone.</L>
<L>My Soul fail'd when He did upon me call;</L>
<L><HI>I</HI> &s;ought Him, but I found Him not at all.</L>
<L>When I Him &s;ought, He did no Notice take,</L>
<L>And when I call'd, He did no An&s;wer make.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="7">
<HEAD>7</HEAD>
<L>The Watch-men that about the City go,</L>
<L>Found me, as I was wandring to and fro'</L>
<L>They &s;mote &amp; wounded me, they that did watch</L>
<L>And keep the walls, my vail did from me &s;natch.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="8">
<HEAD>8</HEAD>
<L>O Daughters of <HI>Jeru&s;alem,</HI> I do,</L>
<L>Adjure You all, yea every one of You,</L>
<L>To tell my Love, when You him find, that I</L>
<L>Am &s;ick, yea &s;ick of Love exceedingly.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="9">
<HEAD>9</HEAD>
<L>What's thy Beloved more than others are?</L>
<L>O thou the faire&s;t of all Women fair,</L>
<L>What's thy beloved more than they? that thus</L>
<L>Concerning him, thou giv'&s;t this Charge to us.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="10">
<HEAD>10</HEAD>
<L>My welbeloved's white and ruddy, He</L>
<L>The Chief among tenthou&s;ands is to me.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="11">
<PB N="16" REF="9">
<HEAD>11</HEAD>
<L>His Head is as the pure and fine&s;t Gold,</L>
<L>His Locks are bu&s;hie, and in Curls do fold,</L>
<L>And black as any Raven to behold.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="12">
<HEAD>12</HEAD>
<L>His Eyes, like Doves which by the Rivers &s;it,</L>
<L>Are wa&s;ht with Milk, and al&s;o &s;et mo&s;t fit.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="13">
<HEAD>13</HEAD>
<L>His Cheeks like to a Bed of Spices are,</L>
<L>And as &s;weet fragrant Flowrs they do appear.</L>
<L>His Lips like to the Lillies fair, that drop</L>
<L>Sweet &s;melling Myrrh from off their very Top.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="14">
<HEAD>14</HEAD>
<L>As Gold Rings that with <HI>Beryls</HI> garn&s;ht are,</L>
<L>So do his Hands unto my &s;ight appear.</L>
<L>His Belly's as bright <HI>Ivory,</HI> array'd</L>
<L>With Saphires, and with them all overlay'd.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="15">
<HEAD>15</HEAD>
<L>His Leggs, as Marble pillars I behold,</L>
<L>Set upon Sockets of the fine&s;t Gold;</L>
<L>His Countenance is like to Lebanon,</L>
<L>And &s;tately Cedars growing thereupon.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="16">
<HEAD>16</HEAD>
<L>His Mouth it is mo&s;t &s;weet. Moreover, He</L>
<L>Is altogether Lovely unto me.</L>
<L><PB N="17" REF="9">O Daughters of <HI>Jeru&s;alem!</HI> This, This</L>
<L>My Friend; yea and my well Beloved is.</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="6" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CHAP. VI.</HEAD>
<LG N="1">
<HEAD>Ver&s;e 1.</HEAD>
<L>Where's thy beloved gone? O thou mo&s;t fair</L>
<L>Among all Women that the faire&s;t are?</L>
<L>O whither is He turnd a&s;ide? that we</L>
<L>May go along and &s;eek thy Love with thee.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="2">
<HEAD>2</HEAD>
<L>My well beloved's to his Garden gon,</L>
<L>To feed i'th' Gardens; and to re&s;t upon</L>
<L>The Beds of Spices; and to pluck the fair</L>
<L>And plea&s;ant Lilies that are growing there.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="3">
<HEAD>3</HEAD>
<L>My wel beloved's mine, and I am his</L>
<L>Among the Lilies fair he feeding is.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="4">
<HEAD>4</HEAD>
<L>O thou my Love thou art exceeding fair;</L>
<L>For beauty, I'le to <HI>Tirzah</HI> thee compare,</L>
<L><HI>Joru&s;'lem</HI> like, with comeline&s;s array'd</L>
<L>And terrible as Banners when di&s;play'd.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="5">
<HEAD>5</HEAD>
<L>Thine Eyes from me O do thou tuan away,</L>
<L>Me vanqui&s;hed and overcome have they;</L>
<L><PB N="18" REF="10">And as a Flock of Goats that doth appear</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">rom the Mount Gilead; &s;o doth thy Hair.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="6">
<HEAD>6</HEAD>
<L>Thy Teeth are like unto a Flock of Sheep,</L>
<L>Come up from wa&s;hing in the waters deep,</L>
<L>Each one where of bears twins; and there is none</L>
<L>Among them barren; not &s;o much as one.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="7">
<HEAD>7</HEAD>
<L>Within thy Locks, thy Temples thy are &s;et;</L>
<L>Ev'n like unto a piece of Pomegranate.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="8">
<HEAD>8</HEAD>
<L>There's three&s;core Queens, and Concubines four|&s;core,</L>
<L>Of Virgins an innumerable Store.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="9">
<HEAD>9</HEAD>
<L>My Dove, my Undefil'd's but one; her Mother,</L>
<L>That brought her forth, be&s;ides her, had no other;</L>
<L>The choice one too of her that did her bear;</L>
<L>The Virgins &s;aw her, and they ble&s;&s;ed her,</L>
<L>Yea and the Queens her maginfi'd and Prais'd</L>
<L>The Concubines her Glory al&s;o rais'd.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="10">
<HEAD>10</HEAD>
<L>Who's &s;he that looketh forth like to the Morn,</L>
<L>Fair as the Moon that doth the night adorne,</L>
<L>Ev'n as the Sun when it is &s;hining clear,</L>
<L>And terrible as banners doth appear?</L>
</LG>
<LG N="11">
<PB N="19" REF="10">
<HEAD>11</HEAD>
<L>I went to the Nut Garden, there to view</L>
<L>The fruits that in the plea&s;ant valley grew;</L>
<L>To &s;ee if that the Vine had flouri&s;hed;</L>
<L>Or Pomegranates their Buds abroad had &s;hed.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="12">
<HEAD>12</HEAD>
<L>Ere that I was aware, my Soul made me</L>
<L>lnth' Chariots of <HI>Amminadib,</HI> to be,</L>
</LG>
<LG N="13">
<HEAD>13</HEAD>
<L>Return, return, O <HI>Shulamite,</HI> come back,</L>
<L>Returne, that we may notice of thee take.</L>
<L>What is it in the <HI>Shulamite,</HI> Ye'll &s;ee?</L>
<L>As 'twere, of Armies two, the Companie.</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="7" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CHAP. VII.</HEAD>
<LG N="1">
<HEAD>Ver&s;e 1.</HEAD>
<L>Thy Feet with &s;hooes, how beautifull they are</L>
<L><HI>O</HI> Princes Daughter! Yea and l'le compare</L>
<L>The Joints, that motion to thy Thighs impart</L>
<L>To Jewells, wrought by cunning Workmans Art.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="2">
<HEAD>2</HEAD>
<L>Thy Navel's like a Goblet that is round,</L>
<L>And with much Precious Liquor doth abound:</L>
<L>Thy Belly is like to an Heap of Wheat</L>
<L>That's round about with faire&s;t Lilies&s;et.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="3">
<PB N="20" REF="11">
<HEAD>3</HEAD>
<L>And thy two Brea&s;ts may be compar'd unto</L>
<L>Two Young Roes of the Field, and Twins al&s;o.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="4">
<HEAD>4</HEAD>
<L>Thy Neck is as a Towr of Ivory.</L>
<L>Thine Eyes like Fi&s;h-Pools that in <HI>Hesbonly,</HI></L>
<L>Hard by <HI>Bathrabbim</HI> gate. Thy No&s;e alone</L>
<L>May be compar'd to th'Tow'r of <HI>Lebanon,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Dama&s;cus</HI>-ward, as looking thereupon.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="5">
<HEAD>5</HEAD>
<L>Thy Head is like unto Mount-Carmel fair.</L>
<L>And like the faire&s;t Purple is thy Hair.</L>
<L>The King is held in's Galleri'es, walking there.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="6">
<HEAD>6</HEAD>
<L>How fair! how plea&s;ant! and how far above</L>
<L>All others, for Delights! art thou my Love!</L>
</LG>
<LG N="7">
<HEAD>7</HEAD>
<L>Thy Stature, to a Palme tree's like, for &s;hape;</L>
<L>Thy Brea&s;ts are like to Clu&s;ters of the grape.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="8">
<HEAD>8</HEAD>
<L>I will, &s;aid I, up to the Palme tree go,</L>
<L>And of it's Boughs I will take hold al&s;o:</L>
<L>Thy Brea&s;ts &s;hall be as Clu&s;ters of the Vine;</L>
<L>And the Smell of thy No&s;e, like Apples fine.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="9">
<HEAD>9</HEAD>
<L>Thy Palat's like choi&s;e Vine, which for the &s;ake</L>
<L>Of my Belov'd, a &s;weet de&s;cent doth make,</L>
<L>Cau&s;ing the Lipps of tho&s;e that &s;teep, to &s;peake.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="10">
<HEAD>10</HEAD>
<L>I am my well Beloved's; and I &s;ee</L>
<L><PB N="21" REF="11">That his De&s;ire is always towards me.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="11">
<HEAD>11</HEAD>
<L>Come my Beloved, to the Fields let's go,</L>
<L>And to the Villages; Let's lodge there too.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="12">
<HEAD>12</HEAD>
<L>Come, let us early to the Vineyeards get,</L>
<L>Let's &s;ee if that the Vine have flouri&s;h'd yet,</L>
<L>Whither the tender Grape doth yet appear,</L>
<L>Or if the Pomegranats yet budded are.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="13">
<HEAD>13</HEAD>
<L>The Mandrakes do a plea&s;ant Smell afford;</L>
<L>And at our Gates all Plea&s;ant fruits are &s;tor'd,</L>
<L>Both New and old, which I've laid up for thee</L>
<L>O thou who art Beloved unto me.</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="8" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CHAP. VIII.</HEAD>
<LG N="1">
<HEAD>Ver&s;e 1.</HEAD>
<L>O that thou wert unto me, as my Brother</L>
<L>That &s;uck'd the very br<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">a&s;t of my dear Mo|ther</L>
<L>I finding thee without, would ki&s;s thee too</L>
<L>Nor &s;hould I be de&s;pi&s;ed &s;o to do;</L>
</LG>
<LG N="2">
<HEAD>2</HEAD>
<L>Unto my Mothers Hou&s;e I'de thee conduct</L>
<L>And bring thee thither: &s;he would me In&s;truct</L>
<L>I'de cau&s;e thee for to drink of &s;piced VVine,</L>
<L>And of the Juice of Pomgranates mo&s;t fine.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="3">
<HEAD>3</HEAD>
<L>Under my Head, his left Hand he &s;hould place</L>
<L>And with his Right Hand he &s;hould me embrace.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="4">
<PB N="22" REF="12">
<HEAD>4</HEAD>
<L>O Daughters of <HI>Jeru&s;alem</HI> I do</L>
<L>Adjure You all, and ev'ry one of you</L>
<L>That for to &s;tir, or'wake my Love you cea&s;e</L>
<L>Untill the time my well beloved plea&s;e.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="5">
<HEAD>5</HEAD>
<L>Who's this that cometh from the VVilderne&s;s,</L>
<L>And leaning on her well beloved is?</L>
<L>There I thee rai&s;ed under th'Apple Tree</L>
<L>Ther'twas thy Mother brought thee forth Yea &s;he</L>
<L>That did the bear; 'twas there I rai&s;ed thee.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="6">
<HEAD>6</HEAD>
<L>Set me, like as a Seal upon thy Heart,</L>
<L>And as a Seal upon thine Arm, in&s;ert.</L>
<L>For Love is &s;trong as Death; and Jealou&s;ie,</L>
<L>Is like into the Grave for Crueltie,</L>
<L>It's Coals are Coales of Fire and from the &s;ame</L>
<L>Proceeds a mighty and mo&s;t Veh'ment flame.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="7">
<HEAD>7</HEAD>
<L>Love cannot be by many waters quench't,</L>
<L>Neither can it by any floods be drench't</L>
<L>Yea as for Love &s;hould any man be&s;tow</L>
<L>The Sub&s;tance of his Hou&s;e, it were too low</L>
<L>A value to be put upon it &s;o.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="8">
<HEAD>8</HEAD>
<L>We have a little Si&s;ter; but, alace!</L>
<L>She hath no brea&s;ts; when er'e it comes to pa&s;s</L>
<L>That &s;he be &s;poken for, what &s;hall we doe</L>
<L>For her that day, &s;he being &s;tated &s;o.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="9">
<PB N="23" REF="12">
<HEAD>9</HEAD>
<L>If that &s;he be a wall, then on the &s;ame</L>
<L>VVe will a Palace of pure Silver frame.</L>
<L>And if &s;he prove to be a doore, then we</L>
<L>Will her enclo&s;e with Boards of Cedar Tree.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="10">
<HEAD>10</HEAD>
<L>I am a wall, for building on mo&s;t fit,</L>
<L>Yea and my Brea&s;ts are like the Tow'rs of it.</L>
<L>Then was I ev'n as one that he did prize,</L>
<L>Or one that had found favour in his Eyes,</L>
</LG>
<LG N="11">
<HEAD>11</HEAD>
<L>At <HI>Baal-hamon, Solomon</HI> he had</L>
<L>A Vine-Yard which with fruitfull Vines was clad</L>
<L>This Vine Yard he to Keepers did out let</L>
<L>Each one of them were for the Fruit of it,</L>
<L>Bound and obliged al&s;o for to bring</L>
<L>A thou&s;and Silver pieces to the King,</L>
</LG>
<LG N="12">
<HEAD>12</HEAD>
<L>My Vine-Yard which is mine, before me is;</L>
<L>And thou (O <HI>Solomon</HI>) mu&s;t have for this</L>
<L>A thou&s;and pieces, Yea and the&s;e that doe</L>
<L>Attend it's fruit, mu&s;t have two hundred too.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="13">
<HEAD>13</HEAD>
<L>O thou that dwelle&s;t in the Gardens fair</L>
<L>Lo, the Companions attending are</L>
<L>Unto thy Voice; Cau&s;e me the &s;ame to hear,</L>
</LG>
<LG N="14">
<HEAD>14</HEAD>
<L>Make ha&s;t, beloved and be like unto</L>
<L>A Young Hart, or be like unto a Roe</L>
<L>On th'Mounts of Spices skipping, to and fro.</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
<PB REF="13">
</DIV1>
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