King James Bible, 1611 [1611], THE HOLY BIBLE, Conteyning the Old Testament, AND THE NEW: Newly Translated out of the Originall tongues: & with the former Translations diligently compared and reuised by his Maiesties speciall C&obar;mandement Appointed to be read in Churches (Imprinted... by Robert Barker [etc.], London) [word count] [B10000].
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CHAP. V.
1 Christ awaketh the Church with his calling.
2 The Church hauing a taste of Christes
loue, is sicke of loue. 9 A description of
Christ by his graces.
1
I am come into my garden,
my sister, my spouse,
I haue gathered my
Myrrhe with my spice,
I haue eaten my honie
combe with my hony, I haue drunke
my wine with my milke: eate, O
friends, drinke, note yea drinke abundantly,
O beloued!
2
¶ I sleepe, but my heart waketh:
-- --
Ill watchmen.
it is the voyce of my beloued that
knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister,
my loue, my doue, my vndefiled: for my
head is filled with dewe, and my lockes
with the drops of the night.
3
I haue put off my coate, how shall
I put it on? I haue washed my feete,
how shall I defile them?
4
My beloued put in his hand by
the hole of the dore, and my bowels were
moued note for him.
5
I rose vp to open to my beloued,
and my hands dropped with myrrhe,
and my fingers with note sweete smelling
myrrhe, vpon the handles of the locke.
6
I opened to my beloued, but my
beloued had with drawen himselfe, and
was gone: my soule failed when hee
spake: I sought him, but I could not
find him: I called him, but he gaue me
no answere.
7
The watchmen that went about
the citie, found me, they smote me, they
wounded me, the keepers of the walles
tooke away my vaile from me.
8
I charge you, O daughters of
Ierusalem, if ye find my beloued, note that
yee tell him, that I am sicke of loue.
9
¶ What is thy beloued more then
another beloued, O thou fairest among
women? what is thy beloued more then
another beloued, that thou doest so
charge vs?
10
My beloued is white and ruddy,
note the chiefest among tenne thousand.
11
His head is as the most fine gold, his
locks are note bushy, and blacke as a Rauen.
12
noteHis eyes are as the eyes of doues by
the riuers of water, washed with milk,
and note fitly set.
13
His cheekes are as a bed of spices,
as note sweete flowers: his lippes like lillies,
dropping sweete smelling myrrhe.
14
His hands are as gold rings set
with the Berill: His belly is as bright iuorie,
ouerlayd with Saphires.
15
His legges are as pillars of marble,
set vpon sockets of fine gold: his countenance
is as Lebanon, excellent as the
Cedars.
16
noteHis mouth is most sweete, yea he
is altogether louely. This is my beloued,
and this is my friend, O daughters
of Ierusalem.
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King James Bible, 1611 [1611], THE HOLY BIBLE, Conteyning the Old Testament, AND THE NEW: Newly Translated out of the Originall tongues: & with the former Translations diligently compared and reuised by his Maiesties speciall C&obar;mandement Appointed to be read in Churches (Imprinted... by Robert Barker [etc.], London) [word count] [B10000].
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