“A goat is honored because its thick coat provides an image of beauty for the bride. Another reason for praise is that a goat can pass over rocks with a sure foot, agilely turn on mountain peaks, courageously pass through difficult, rough places, and can go safely on the road of virtue. Some would maintain that this an…”
Gregory of Nyssa, 4th c. — HOMILIES ON THE SONG OF SONGS 15
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5Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.
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3I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies.
4Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.
— Song of Solomon 6:5 —
6Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing, whereof every one beareth twins, and there is not one barren among them.
7As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks.