The Song of Songs - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 861

1-7 SONG OF SONGS. Scam; 2.

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(The Suepmzxmzss alone and in the Kmcws Park thinking cj her 7 Shepherd lover.) (Sings.) Oh ! tell me, you love of my soul, Where you pasture? Where your flocks lie at noon ? W hy should I go wandering alone, With my flock not alongside of yours? (Her lover who has come to see her replies from the bushes.) Snspumzn sings. If you do not know, oh ! most charming of maids Follow on by the track of the sheep, And pasture your lambs By the tents in the mead E Scmm 3. SJLoMoN walking in the Park sees and begins to court the Snapuzsnnnss.) g Sor.oMoN. To the steeds in the Chariot of Pharaoh I would compare you my girl ! Your cheeks are, made charming with ringlets, With corals your neck! I will make for you girdles of gold, With silver for clasps! xo 1 1

(SHEPHERDESS in response replies with cross purposes, to evade SoLoMON’s flattery, pretending she has to go to DAVID, whom she is nursing.) Snnpunnness. The King now returns from his stroll ; I must run to attend him. SOLOMON, trying to retain her by further jlatteries. My dear, you’re a satchet of Myrrh To be laid in my breast! My dove, y0u’re a cluster of roses, In En—gedi’s gardens! (The Suarunnnxss leaves, and SoLOMoN calls after her.) So1.oMoN. _ You are charming, my love, you are charming! You haveeyes like a dove! _ You are charming, my love, you are charming! Let our roof be green leaves. And the beams of our house fir—tree boughs, And the Cypress our screen ! Acr 2. Scams: r. (The Snnpnnannss and her lover meet and talk.) SHEPHERDESS. Am I your Rose of Sharon ? Your Lily of the Valley? SHEPHERD. Like a lily in thorns, Is my dear amongst maidens ! RBA I2 16