I am the rose of Sharon, and the lilie of the vallies.
Spiritual hymns upon Solomons song: or, Love in the right channel Wherein that divine part of scripture is paraphras'd, and the dark places expounded; and may be vocally sung in the ordinary tunes of the singing Psalms. By John Reeve.
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- Spiritual hymns upon Solomons song: or, Love in the right channel Wherein that divine part of scripture is paraphras'd, and the dark places expounded; and may be vocally sung in the ordinary tunes of the singing Psalms. By John Reeve.
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- Reeve, John, 1608-1658.
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- London :: printed for the author, and are to be sold by John Hancock Senior, at the three Bibles, at the corner of Popes-head Alley, over against the Royal Exchange,
- 1684.
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- Bible. -- O.T. -- Song of Solomon -- Paraphrases -- Early works to 1800.
- Devotional literature -- Early works to 1800.
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"Spiritual hymns upon Solomons song: or, Love in the right channel Wherein that divine part of scripture is paraphras'd, and the dark places expounded; and may be vocally sung in the ordinary tunes of the singing Psalms. By John Reeve." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A58334.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 28, 2025.
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As the lilie among the thorns, so is my love a-among the daughters.
HYMN 29.
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As the apple-tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons—
HYMN 30.
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—I sat under his shadow with great delight—
HYMN 31.
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—And his fruit was sweet unto my tast▪
HYMN 32.
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He bronght me to the banqueting house▪—
HYMN 33.
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—His banner over me was love.
HYMN 34.
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Stay me with flaggons: comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.
HYMN 35.
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His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.
HYMN 36.
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I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes and hinds of the field, that ye sti•• not up, nor awake my Love, until 〈◊〉〈◊〉 please.
HYMN 37.
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The voice of my beloved! behold he comes leaping upon the mountains, and skipping up∣on the hills.
HYMN 38.
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My beloved is like a Roe, or young Hart—
HYMN 39.
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—He standeth behind our wall, he looks forth out at the windows, he shews himself through the lattices.
HYMN 40.
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My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
HYMN 41.
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For lo, the Winter is past, the rain is ov•• and gone.
[Ver. 12] The time of singing of birds is com••, the voice of the Turtle is heard in our land
[Ver. 13] The fig-tree putteth forth her gre•• figs, and the Vines with the tender grape•• give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fai•• one, and come away.
HYMN 42.
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O my Dove! that art in the clefts of the rocks, in the secret places of the stairs: let me hear thy voice, for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.
HYMN 43.
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••ake us the Foxes, the little Foxes that spoil the vines, for our vines have tender grapes.
HYMN 44.
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My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feeds among the lilies.
HYMN 45.
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Until the day break, and the shadows flee a∣way: turn my beloved, and be like the Roe▪ or the young. Hart upon the mountains of Bether.