“Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved, and comely. As if it openly says: Indeed whatever beauty, simplicity, and spiritual grace I have, I have certainly received this through you, by whom I have also obtained forgiveness of sins and the efficacy of good action. But you are truly beautiful and comely without compariso…”
Bede, 8th c. — Commentary on the Song of Songs
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16Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green.
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14My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of Engedi.
15Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves’ eyes.
— Song of Solomon 1:16 —
17The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.