Book 22 : SONG OF SOLOMON - Chapter 005
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I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved
that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my
dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my
locks with the drops of the night
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I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed
my feet; how shall I defile them
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My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my
bowels were moved for him
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I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with
myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the
handles of the lock
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I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself,
and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but
I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer
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The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me,
they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil
from me
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I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved,
that ye tell him, that I am sick of love
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What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest
among women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved,
that thou dost so charge us
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My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten
thousand
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His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and
black as a raven
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His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters,
washed with milk, and fitly set
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His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips
like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh
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His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is
as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires
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His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine
gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars
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His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is
my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem
Book 22 : SONG OF SOLOMON - Chapter 005
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