The book of Canticles, or, Song of Solomon, according to the English version, revised and explained [by F. Rolleston].Frances Rolleston 1859 |
Common terms and phrases
abode allegory ancient Jews Apocalypse art thou banners beautiful Behold Bride Cant CANTICLES cedars CHAP charge ye Christian Church citron clasp cometh coming companions dark daughters of Jerusalem divine doves enfold Espoused Exod faint with love fairest among women feed flock of goats frankincense garden garments Gill gold graces heart Hebrew Heshbon Holy Spirit Israel jewels Jewish Church King Solomon Lebanon lilies Lord Lord's Lord's Supper love of Christ love t¹ Matt meditation mighty mother myrrh Paradise perfume of thy pleasant fruits pomegranates pronouns prophets Psalm Scriptures shadows flee Shenir Shulamith silver sister-spouse SONG OF SOLOMON soul loveth spikenard Targum teeth a flock tender buds thine eyes thou art fair thy beloved thy breasts Thy hair Thy lips thy love thy majesty thy neck Thy teeth thy veil tower translated unguents vine vineyard VIRGINS voice Vulg watchmen wilderness wine word rendered xxii ye daughters
Popular passages
Page 4 - And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies. I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness : and thou shalt know the Lord.
Page 16 - Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?
Page 10 - O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs; let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.
Page 18 - I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples...
Page 14 - I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.
Page 10 - For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth ; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land. The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Page 12 - Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.
Page 16 - My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
Page 8 - Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions ? 8 If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds
Page 17 - I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, and to see whether the vine flourished, and the pomegranates budded.