The Song of Songs, Commonly Called the Song of Solomon, Or, the Canticle. From the French of Albert Réville
The Song of Songs, Commonly Called the Song of Solomon, Or, the Canticle. From the French of Albert Réville
Réville, Albert, 1826-1906
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We still continue at Jerusalem, and the only thing which makes a change here, in the un- folding of the drama, is that the means of persuasion to which Solomon has recourse differ from those which he tried previously. He no longer tries to gain the girl merely by flattery and by dazzling her with * Compare ch. ii. 16. This repetition also shows that nothing is changed in her inclination. E Digitized by Google 50 THE SONG OF SONGS. ostentation. He offers her the first place among his women, or, ...as it may be said, to make her his favourite sultana. This offer of the king is sustained by the homage which the poet describes the' women them- selves as rendering to the unrivalled beauty of the young Shulamite. SOLOMON. VI. 4. Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah,* Comely as Jerusalem, Terrible as an army with banners.f 5. Turn away thine eyes from me. For they have overcome me. T^ 1* 1* 1» "P 8. There are threescore queens, J And fourscore concubines. And virgins without number. 9. But one is my dove, my undefiled.
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