Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONG OF SOLOMON: 5:1, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE First Line: I came into my garden Subject(s): Love - Marital; Wedded Love; Marriage - Love | ||||||||
1 I came into my garden saw my sister there but saw her as my wife I picked my sweet plant ate my honeycomb with honey drank my wine with milk (I told them) eat, friends drink & go on drinking O sweet love 2 I slept my heart was moving heard her voice a knocking at the door (says) open for me sister love my love my dove my head was wet with dew the night bathed in my hair 3 he put his hand against the keyhole made me feel him down my belly 4 I got up I would let him in my hands smelled sweet my fingers smelling sweet against the lock 5 had opened for him my sweet love was gone had left me (says) he spoke I felt my breath go would look for him but couldn't find him & called to him he didn't answer 6 is he more sweet than others? is she more beautiful? is her sweet love more beautiful? has she told it to us right? 7 sometimes pale he blushes is better than 10,000 men gold skin of forehead bushy hair & black is like a crow with dove's eyes looking at a river washed with milk in perfect space to hold his cheeks a spice bed his lips like lilies breathing a sweet spice through hands with gold rings beryl at center his belly is high ivory & sapphire marble legs like columns into pure gold sockets his face a strength like cedar sweetness at his mouth "is altogether lovely "is my sweet love "is my friend Used with the permission of Copper Canyon Press, P.O. Box 271, Port Townsend, WA 98368-0271, www.cc.press.org | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO MY WIFE by GEORGE WASHINGTON BETHUNE VARIATION ON THE WORD SLEEP by MARGARET ATWOOD IN THE MONTH OF MAY by ROBERT BLY PSALM 104: THE MAJESTY AND MERCY OF GOD by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE |
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