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Song of Songs 1, KJV

1:1 The Song of songs, which is Solomon's.

1:2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy breasts are better than wine.

1:3 And the smell of thine ointments is better than all spices: thy name is ointment poured forth; therefore do the young maidens love thee.

1:4 They have drawn thee: we will run after thee, for the smell of thine ointments: the king has brought me into closet: let us rejoice and be glad in thee; we will love thy breasts more than wine: righteousness loves thee.

1:5 I am black, but beautiful, ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.

1:6 Look not upon me, because I am dark, because the sun has looked unfavourably upon me: my mother's sons strove with me; they made me keeper in the vineyards; I have not kept my own vineyard.

1:7 Tell me, thou whom my soul loves, where thou tendest thy flock, where thou causest them to rest at noon, lest I become as one that is veiled by the flocks of thy companions.

1:8 If thou know not thyself, thou fair one among women, go thou forth by the footsteps of the flocks, and feed thy kids by the shepherd's tents.

1:9 I have likened thee, my companion, to my horses in the chariots of Pharao.

1:10 How are thy cheeks beautiful as those of a dove, thy neck as chains!

1:11 We will make thee figures of gold with studs of silver.

1:12 So long as the kin was at table, my spikenard gave forth its smell.

1:13 My kinsman is to me a bundle of myrrh; he shall lie between my breasts.

1:14 My kinsman is to me a cluster of camphor in the vineyards of Engaddi.

1:15 Behold, thou art fair, my companion; behold, thou art fair; thine eyes are doves.

1:16 Behold, thou art fair, my kinsman, yea, beautiful, overshadowing our bed.

1:17 The beams of our house are cedars, our ceilings are of cypress.

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