1I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.⇆ compare2As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.⇆ compare3As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.⇆ compare4He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.⇆ compare5Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.⇆ compare6His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.⇆ compare7I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.⇆ compare8The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.⇆ compare9My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, showing himself through the lattice.⇆ compare10My beloved spoke, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.⇆ compare11For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;⇆ compare12The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;⇆ compare13The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.⇆ compare14O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.⇆ compare15Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.⇆ compare16My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.⇆ compare17Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.⇆ compare