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'I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, what will ye tell him? that I am love-sick.'
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'What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? What is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so adjure us?'
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'My beloved is white and ruddy, pre-eminent above ten thousand.
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His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are curled, and black as a raven.
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His eyes are like doves beside the water-brooks; washed with milk, and fitly set.
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His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as banks of sweet herbs; his lips are as lilies, dropping with flowing myrrh.
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His hands are as rods of gold set with beryl; his body is as polished ivory overlaid with sapphires.
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His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold; his aspect is like Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.
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His mouth is most sweet; yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.'