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CHAPTER 4 THE SONG OF SONGS
Written and edited by Glenn Pease
INTRODUCTION
1. Beauty is subjective by nature, for all of us see beauty in different ways.
Lavonne and I watch beauty pageants and we do not always agree on who is the
most beautiful. Quite often the winner is not the one many would choose because
of different views of beauty. Some like big lips and others small lips. Some like
the pudgy nose and others the long slim nose. Some like blue eyes and others
prefer brown. Men love to watch beautiful women for the same reason they love
beautiful scenery. It is just enjoyable to look at what is pleasing to the eye. I can
enjoy looking at other people’s homes and cars etc. and just enjoy their beauty.
It is an aesthetic experience.
2. God expects us to enjoy beauty and that is why there is so much of it in His
creation. Christians sometimes have a problem with the enjoyment of pleasures
that are natural, for they seem not to be spiritual, but this is folly, for God made
us with the capacity to enjoy these things. Sex is an example of aesthetic
enjoyment. The visual aspect is one of its pleasures, and it is folly to deny the
way God made us, and pretend this is not a pleasure we are made to enjoy. It is
the same thing that makes us love beautiful colors in our clothes and home
decorations. It is the same as why we put flavor and spices in our food to
enhance their taste and beauty.
3. In this chapter we see how a man should compliment his wife, and
communicate to her how much he loves every part of her. It is so meaningful to
the wife, and takes very little effort for its value. It is a form of foreplay that a
woman loves, but men are often too lazy to do it. We need to be reminded of this
key verse that deals with love and marriage, “Husbands, love your wives, just as
Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.” (Ephesians 5:25, NIV)
You need to be willing to pay a price to keep love alive and growing.
4. Ella Wheeler Wilcox wrote a poem indicating that a woman can know she is
loved, but she longs for some words that communicate that love. This song
makes it clear that many words of compliments increase the love relationship,
and too much silence will hinder the growth of love. Men need to speak up and
express their love more often. She wrote-
The solemn Sea of Silence lies between us;
I know thou livest, and then lovest me,
And yet I wish some white ship would come sailing

Across the ocean, beating word from thee.
The dead calm awes me with its awful stillness.
No anxious doubts or fears disturb my breast;
I only ask some little wave of language,
To stir this vast infinitude of rest.
I am oppressed with this great sense of loving;
So much I give, so much receive from thee;
Like subtle incense, rising from a censer,
So floats the fragrance of thy love round me.
All speech is poor, and written words unmeaning;
Yet such I ask, blown hither by some wind,
To give relief to this too perfect knowledge,
The Silence so impresses on my mind.
How poor the love that needeth word or message,
To banish doubt or nourish tenderness!
I ask them but to temper love's convictions
The Silence all too fully doth express.
Too deep the language which the spirit utters;
Too vast the knowledge which my soul hath stirred.
Send some white ship across the Sea of Silence,
And interrupt its utterance with a word.
5. The short and less poetic way of saying it is, "Speak up stupid, I know you
love me, but let me hear you say it!"
6. An unknown author wrote, "This erotic wedding of spirit and body is vividly
conveyed by the Song's most pervasive metaphor, in which the young woman is
pictured as a garden, a vineyard, or---as in verses 4:1 through 4:7---a mountainous
landscape filled with animal life. This passage suggests a tryst, sub rosa, high on a
hill, where the Song's young lovers survey a broad landscape. They see doves, hiding
in a thicket; a flock of goats bounding down the mountainside; white ewes rising
from a pond; two fawns grazing together in a field of lilies. All of these images are
woven together by the Song's Romeo into a poetic vision celebrating his lover's
charms. From his intimate perspective, her sensuous curves seem like continuations
of the rolling landscape, and he becomes an explorer on "the mountain of myrrh"
and "the hill of frankincense." This linking of landscape and bodyscape is more
than metaphor. There is a kind of nature mysticism in the Song of Solomon that
springs from an ancient and very different way of relating to the Earth. In his lover,

the Song's Romeo discovers nature's human heart; he falls in love with the Earth's
human face and voice."
7. It is of interest to study how language changes over time, and so words that are
normal ways of communicating at one time become off limits at other times. We live
in a time where intimate words are everywhere in books and movies, and so we are
more open to use intimate language. It was not always so. For example, “In 1833
Noah Webster censored the KJV of the Bible and issued an amended edition. He
wrote, “In early stages of society when men are savage or half civilized, such terms
are not offensive, but in the present state of refinement, the utterance of many
words and passages in our version is not to be endured.” He deleted such words as
womb and teat and changed whore to harlot.”
8. Sometimes scholars get behind the words and discover that which is more sexual
than the public likes to hear, but the language of this song is beautiful, and to read
into it anything that hints of evil is to miss the whole point of the song. Morgan in
Living Messages of Books of the Bible wrote, “The songs should be treated first as
simple and yet sublime songs of human affection. When they are thus understood,
reverently the thought may be lifted into the higher value of setting forth the joys of
the communion between the spirit of man and the Spirit of God, and ultimately
between the church and Christ.” “Human life finds its highest fulfillment in the
love of man and woman. The supreme thing in religion is love between the soul and
God.” “In the first place, this was undoubtedly an earthly love song, but it was very
pure and very beautiful. There are men and women who would find indecencies in
heaven if they ever got there, but they would take them in their own corrupt souls.”
1 How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how
beautiful! Your eyes behind your veil are doves.
Your hair is like a flock of goats descending from
Mount Gilead.
1. This chapter is loaded with verbal love. He is pulling out all the tabs and using
every word in his vocabulary of love to express how he sees this fair beauty that has
captured his heart. Women love compliments, and can never get enough of them,
and here is a lover who has leared this about his woman. Marriages would be far
more successful if all husbands could learn this reality. Every once in a while a man
needs to go overboard and exaggerate to the high heavens about all the things that
he loves about his wife. He could do it in courtship when he was filled with youthful
passion, but as time goes by he forgets that awesome feeling and ignores the power
he has in his vocabulary to uplift and encourage his wife. We see in chapter 5 that
the young girl also saw the value of compliments to a man, and she also poured in on
thick. They were young and wise in the use of word power to build their love

relationship, but just because we move beyond that early stage of excitement, we
ought not to be so foolish as to neglect this power. Start complimenting the one you
love, and you will be a receiver and not just a given, for compliments come back like
boomerangs to bless the one who throws them out toward their lover.
2. He uses the term darling that is a common term of endearment even to this day. It
is a ways of expressing intimacy and closeness of the relationship. You do not call
anyone else darling unless you are a waitress from the south part of the country,
and then just about anyone is darling. However, most people choose to limit the use
of this term for one who is not a total stranger, but one who is very close, and one
that is very loved. It is used often to refer to a child by a parent, but it has the same
meaning then as one close and precious to you.
3. We tend to think darling is a term of endearment that the male used to refer to his
female lover or mate, but it works both ways as the following poem illustrates.
I was blessed indeed when I first made that wish
But kissed many toads, till this Prince I kissed
It is you who helped all my dreams to come true
Never was I loved, till I found you
I adore being in your deep embrace
Whilst gazing lovingly into your dearest face
This Christmas will be one of many more to pass
And on my Christmas list I shall ask
One kiss and cuddle each and every day
Because Darling I love you! Is what my Card will say!
(c) Vee StJohn-Byles 2008
4. A girl going by the name of peebles even felt free to refer to Jesus as darling. She
wrote, "My Jesus, oh, how I love you. My heart yearns for more of you. Your name
is like perfume poured out. Jesus my darling, lover of my heart, to live without You
is to live without air, for you are the air that I breathe. I am desperate for more of
you." I am not sure males would feel comfortable with this, but the history of
interpreting this song does much in making Jesus the bridegroom so loved by his
bride the church, and so it is a valid term of endearment even for our Lord, and it
fits the idea of one who is truly special and precious to us.

5. The fact is, however, that the term is used only in this song in the Bible, and all 9
times it is used it is in reference to the female. Here are the nine:
Song of Solomon 1:9 [ Lover ] I liken you, my darling, to a mare harnessed to one of
the chariots of Pharaoh.
Song of Solomon 1:15 [ Lover ] How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how
beautiful! Your eyes are doves.
Song of Solomon 2:2 [ Lover ] Like a lily among thorns is my darling among the
maidens.
Song of Solomon 2:10 My lover spoke and said to me, "Arise, my darling, my
beautiful one, and come with me.
Song of Solomon 2:13 The fig tree forms its early fruit; the blossoming vines spread
their fragrance. Arise, come, my darling; my beautiful one, come with me."
Song of Solomon 4:1 [ Lover ] How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how
beautiful! Your eyes behind your veil are doves. Your hair is like a flock of goats
descending from Mount Gilead.
Song of Solomon 4:7 All beautiful you are, my darling; there is no flaw in you.
Song of Solomon 5:2 [ Beloved ] I slept but my heart was awake. Listen! My lover is
knocking: "Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one. My head is
drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night."
Song of Solomon 6:4 [ Lover ] You are beautiful, my darling, as Tirzah, lovely as
Jerusalem, majestic as troops with banners.
6. Kenn Nesbitt wrote his own version of a well-known song that focuses on
youthful romance and darling as the key term of endearment.
In a toy store
on a Sunday
with a dollar forty nine
I need something
just a dumb thing
for my brand new
Valentine.

Oh my darling.
Oh my darling.
Oh my darling
Valentine.
I'm uneasy,
kind of queasy,
but you're still my
Valentine.
Yes, it happened
in the classroom
when you said
"Will you be mine?"
I was muddled
and befuddled,
so I answered,
"Yeah, that's fine."
Then you called me
in the lunchroom.
You had saved a
place in line.
And I knew that
it was true that
I was now your
Valentine.

Your eyes behind your veil are doves
1. Two things that make a woman attractive to the male are eyes and hair. That is
why women spend a fortune to make these two parts of their body as pleasant
looking as possible. Beautiful eyes sometimes become the center of attraction, and a
man will overlook all defects because of the beauty of the eyes. Those who sell cars
know that the sale often hinges on some minor gadget that catches the fancy of the
buyer, and so it is with love. It is often just some shape of the eyes, the sound of the
voice, the curve of the lips or hips, or some other trifle that catches the fancy of the
admiring male. There are examples of men who have fallen in love with a
photograph because of the beauty they see in the eyes of the woman pictured. In the
Biblical culture women were often veiled and the most distinguishing feature that
could be seen was their eyes. All their defects would be hidden, but the eyes would
be seen, and men could and did fall in love with this one feature. Poor eyes were a
sure way to remain unmarried. The beauty of the eyes are a common theme in love
songs, and I share a few to make it clear that what the lover of this song saw in his
lovely girl is seen by lovers in all ages.
2. She walks in beauty,
Like the night of cloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that's best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes.
~ by Byron ~
3. An unknown poet wrote,
I have seen dawn and sunset on moors and windy hills
Coming in solemn beauty like slow old tunes of Spain:
I have seen the lady April brining the daffodils,
Bringing the springing grass and the soft warm April rain.
I have heard the song of blossoms and the old chant of the sea,
And seen strange lands from under the arched white sails of ships;
but the loveliest things of beauty God has ever shown me,
Are her voice, and her hair, and eyes, and the dear red curve of her lips.
4. Nicholas Gordon wrote of one who had been captivated by the eyes of the girl he
loved. He wrote, “Your eyes won't let my thoughts go back to sleep”
5. Alan Cullen wrote, “I love your eyes, those twinkling eyes, They speak of a
thousand things.It glows and I drown in its intensity, I would love to stay there

forever.”
6. In Your Eyes by Little One
In your eyes I see a thousand setting suns,
Glorious and mighty, more days are done.
In your eyes I see the beauty in a simple flower,
the majesty...the sweetness...the power.
In your eyes I see what could be,
faithfully, lovingly, you and me.
In your eyes my world spins round
your voice...passion the sound.
Mostly in your eyes I see love.
7. Your Eyes
by A Broken Heart
Your eyes, filled with mystery,
I wish you’d have them on me,
Your eyes, filled with passion,
Flares with beauty’s incarnation.
Your eyes, makes my darkest day bright,
If only I could look at them late at night
Your eyes, tells me it’s a dream come true,
If only my other dreams were too.
Your eyes, could always comfort me,
I wish, they’d be mine for eternity,
Your eyes, makes eternity bliss,
Who could deny a miracle like this?
Your eyes, the window to your soul and heart,
They make me want to be with you, never to part.
Your eyes, surpasses the beauty of paradise,
The only silent unnoticeable bliss I have… your eyes…
8. YOUR BEAUTIFUL EYES ***
I remember
vividly those serene eyes,
shining bright,
emotion in them
Sparks my blood to rise

Thy teary eyes divine,
Speak with love and tenderness,
Eyes, a million stars in them
The picture of innocence.
Eyes seeking me -
glowing,
like that first dew
on the new viridescent blade of grass.
Your eyes my matinal star
Your eyes my middays sunshines,
your eyes my vespers twilight,
your eyes an oceanic depth,
your eyes my autumnal hues,
Your eyes wild jasmines
Fragrant at nights,
Like that sunflower
Gazing the afternoon sun.
Let the peacocks vauntingly dance,
let the nightingales melodiously sing,
let the flora and fauna flourish,
like spring in prosperity,
in felicitation,
LET ME ALWAYS
SEE
THROUGH YOUR EYES
ANJALI SINHA
9. by: Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564)
RAVISHED by all that to the eyes is fair,
Yet hungry for the joys that truly bless,
My soul can find no stair
To mount to heaven, save earth's loveliness.
For from the stars above
Descends a glorious light
That lifts our longing to their highest height
And bears the name of love.
Nor is there aught can move

A gentle heart, or purge or make it wise,
But beauty and the starlight BBBuuuttt bbbeeeaaauuutttyyy aaannnddd ttthhheee ssstttaaarrrllliiiggghhhttt ooooffff hhhheeeerrrr eeeeyyyyeeeessss.... 10. Paul Curtis
I sat drinking black coffee alone in the café
I noticed her instantly as she entered
powerless my eyes, like magnets were drawn
towards the striking young woman’s beauty, her hair
black as a raven’s wing caressed the dark
skin of her shoulders, its dark lustre framed
the simple beauty of her face, which I studied.
Firstly her full moist lipped smile, the delicate
curve of her nose and finally the depth of her
dark brown eyes, she looked back at me holding
my gaze, as if reading my thoughts and touching my soul.................
............I bought her coffee and we talked and laughed
drank more coffee talked and laughed some more
Although her fine young body gave rise to sighs
IIII wwwwaaaassss hhhheeeelllldddd ccccaaaappppttttiiiivvvveeee bbbbyyyy hhhheeeerrrr SSSSppppaaaannnniiiisssshhhh eeeeyyyyeeeessss 11. Taylor Swift Beautiful Eyes Lyrics
Your beautiful eyes
Stare right into my eyes
And sometimes
I think of you late at night
I don't know why
Just as long as your mine
I'll be your everything tonight
Let me love you
Kiss you
Baby let me miss you
Let me see your
Dream about
Dream about

Dream about your eyes
Eyes, eyes
BBBBeeeeaaaauuuuttttiiiiffffuuuullll eeeeyyyyeeeessss 12. Elvis Presley sang this song with the eyes being praised, and it is very common in
love songs. This one was written by (Aaron Schroeder / Abner Silver)
You're so young and beautiful and I love you so
Your lips so red, your eyes that shine
Shame the stars that glow
So fill these lonely arms of mine
And kiss me tenderly
Then you'll be forever young
And beautiful to me
You're so young and beautiful, you're everything I love
Your angel smile, your gentle touch
Are all I'm dreaming of
Oh take this heart I offer you
And never set me free
Then you'll be forever young
And beautiful to me
Your hair is like a flock of goats descending from
Mount Gilead.
1. Her hair hung down flowing over her shoulders and her breasts, and looked like a
flock of goats would look coming down the mountain if seen from a distance, as
their furry white coats of wool would contrast with the color of the mountain. It was
a sight that country people would see often, and they would recognize the beauty of
what he is saying. The girl had no doubt watched this very sight often, and in the
presence of her lover expressed, as they gazed at it together, how lovely a sight it is.
Now he is using what she experiences as beauty to tell her how beautiful he sees her.
You are a picture of beauty just like we have often watched together.

2. Remember guys, you have to use terminology that fits what your mate is familiar
with, and not try to copy Solomon, for she will not feel complimented by telling her
that her hair looks like a flock of goats. Try something like, You hair is like the
glorious sun rays streaming down through the beautiful white fluffy clouds of the
heavens. Use what fits the environment that she understands. According to John
Karmelich what I wrote above is pretty much what this text is saying. He wrote,
"Every day goats would work their way up the mountain in the morning hours and
back down in the evening. It is true to this day. In the distance, as the sunsets on the
mountain, one can look and see the beauty of the nature on the mountain. When one
is staring at a vista, one’s eyes are always attracted to any type of movement. Here
were the goats, black in color descending from the mountain. The word picture is
the comparison to the glistening of the hair as it shines in the light, shaking in its
movement. This whole sentence is a colorful description of saying how beautiful is
the glistening of her hair in the light."
3. Barnes sees a reference in this picture to the abundance of her hair. He wrote,
"The point of comparison seems to be the multitudinous ness of the flocks seen
browsing on the verdant slopes of the rich pasture-lands." This makes sense, for an
abundance of hair flowing down the slopes of her body is a beautiful sight, and that
is what the lover is trying to communicate.
4. No doubt the Loved One's hair was long and flowing. Was it dark? Solomon's
was "black as a raven" (Song 5:11). Most assume Shulamith's hair was also. It is
likened later to "purple" or even "red-purple" (Song 7:5), but no one's natural hair
color is literally "purple". Obviously Shulamith was not a blonde; but could she
have been auburn-haired, or even a redhead, as many Israelites (from both
"houses" of Israel, for that matter) are today? We see no proof of this. Most likely
her hair was brunette or black, with highlights reminiscent of purple cloth under
certain lighting conditions. In context, though, the music of 7:5 seems to indicate the
lushness of the Dear One's hair rather than anything specific about its color.
5. Hair takes more time and attention that just about any other part of the body. It
is a key factor in the appearance of every person. There are endless products for the
care of the hair. Hair is the crown of the head, and that which makes us feel
decorated and dressed. The goats of that area were coal black, and so she was not a
blonde, but a dark haired girl. In 5:11 we see his hair was also black Her hair hung
down long like the slopes looked with the black sheep coming down them. Long hair
was ideal beauty. It was so feminine.
6. Sometimes Christians have felt it was too worldly to care a great deal how their
hair looked. Joyce Landorf said when she was a girl she could tell which one was a
Christian if she saw three women at a bus stop. It was always, “the perfectly
dreadful looking one.” She looked terrible, but she was accepted as spiritual in
church because of it. It was a sign of spirituality to be plain and colorless. Then in

the 1930’s a woman preacher came on the scene in the person of Aimee Semple
McPherson. She preached in elegant evening gowns and had beautiful capes on her
choir, and color all over the sanctuary. She preached that Christians should be as
beautiful as possible both inside and outside. She changed the way Christian women
looked, and today there will be many attractive looking women in most every
church. It is true that God looks on the heart and the inner beauty, but men look on
the outer beauty, and if they see none it weakens their passion to be loving in word
and action. Many a woman who does nothing to enhance her beauty wonders why
her husband never says as many sweet things anymore, and why he does not show
affection as he once did. Beauty enhances love.
7. Tonight I draw your hair,
A hair of simplicity,
With a mysterious beauty,
That no one can ever resist,
A hair that blooms with the sun,
That always shines every sunrise,
And turns into deep black at sunset,
A hair of smooth silk,
That touches my face like a baby,
And comforts my soul into a sleeping baby,
Like the lullaby that can put me into sleep,
Your hair blooms unlike any other. -GanNi
8. Geovanni Leaño wrote Hairbrush
“how i wish my fingers were the bristles
or my breath were the wind when it whistles
thru your hair, thru your hair
i wish you'd hold me in your hands
and let me skate thru all the strands
of your hair, of your hair
i could style it anyway you like it
i could brush it straight or even spike it
au contraire! au contraire!

or i would wait patiently in my box
until next i would comb the locks
of your hair, of your hair
i would braid it tight, tousle, and tease!
or pull it back in a ponytail, if you please;
if you dare, if you dare
how often is it a man confesses
that he wish to run barefoot thru the tresses
of your hair, of your hair?
you may think me a little touch'd
but can i tell you just how much
i hate your hairbrush?
this obsession may be zealous
but can i tell you just how jealous
i am of your hairbrush? !
9. Rev. Dr. A. Jacob Hassler wrote Her Hair
As she releases the hair straight
The breeze couldn’t wait to caress
And smell
Her soft hair.
As she walks across the floor
Her hair dances vivaciously
To the rhythm her feet takes.
The hair, her hair
Carries the weight of her charisma
Swaying to the gentle motion of her existence.

I admire her hair from a distance
And smile silently to my heart’s content,
When her hair turns and smiles at me, seductively black.
Her hair
Her crown
Shines like silken thread
To match her glowing beauty.
2 Your teeth are like a flock of sheep just shorn,
coming up from the washing. Each has its twin;
not one of them is alone.
1. He is saying in essence that you have beautiful teeth, and you are obviously a good
brusher, for they are lily white and sparkling clean. The sheep are washed, and are
perfectly white before they are shorn, and so he is saying that her teeth are
beautifully white. Each tooth is perfectly matched with the uppers and lowers
organized so beautifully that they are like twins, just like the two rows of sheep
coming down the mountain. She had a perfect set of teeth, and this is a part of any
beautiful woman. The woman with a tooth missing, or with the uppers and lowers
out of whack with spaces in between loses some aspect of her beauty. In order to
make a witch look terrible you just make her with a big single tooth hanging out of
the front of her mouth, and you have a picture that you call a hag. It is ugly. But
perfect teeth are beautiful.
2. Note: Burns, the Scottish poet, thinking that goats are white, transfers the
comparison from the hair to the teeth:
“Her teeth are like a flock of sheep,
With fleeces newly washen clean,
That slowly mount the rising steep;
And she's twa glancin', sparklin' een.”)

3. Notice that all through this description the context is that of a shepherd and not of
a king in the palace. It is nature centered, and of the countryside, and not of the city
and palace. You know from experience that gaps in teeth detract from the beauty of
a woman, and so teeth care is an important part of maintaining beauty. The pictures
below speak for themselves in illustrating the difference good teeth can make in
beauty.
Before
After
4. Romantic poetry does not have the many references to the teeth as it does to the
eyes and hair, but it is plain to see that the teeth enhance or detract from beauty.
Few poems focus on the teeth, but I found one that does mention the teeth.
5. I Love Your Crazy Bones by Barton Sutter
Even your odds and ends.
I love your teeth, crazy bones,
Madcap knees and elbows.
Forearm and backhand
Hair makes you animal.
Rare among things.
The small of your back could pool rain
Into water a main might drink. Perfect,
From the whirlpools your fingers print
On everything you touch
To the moons on the nails of all ten toes
Rising and setting inside your shoes
Wherever you go.
6. John Fuller wrote a long poem of which this is a part:
I like your cheeks, I like your nose,
I like the way your lips disclose
The neat arrangement of your teeth

(Half above and half beneath)
In rows.
I like your eyes, I like their fringes.
The way they focus on me gives me twinges.
Your upper arms drive me berserk.
I like the way your elbows work,
On hinges.
I like your wrists, I like your glands,
I like the fingers on your hands.
3 Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon; your mouth
is lovely. Your temples behind your veil are like
the halves of a pomegranate.
Here we have a trinity of body parts that reflect beauty.
A. THE LIPS
B. THE MOUTH
C. THE TEMPLES
A.THE LIPS
1. Here we see lipstick as not out of line, for red lips are beautiful. Cosmetics are
beauty aids and valid if not to excess. We all use combs to keep the hair looking nice,
or at least not terrible, and so any other aid to beauty should also be acceptable.
Being unkempt is not a virtue, and neither is looking plain and drab when you can
look attractive.
2. In this series he starts from the top and works down, but in 7:1-5 he starts at the
other end and works up. He adds variety to his foreplay, and that is what this is, as
he goes from part to part of the body praising it. Dillow feels that he is also
caressing each part as he goes along. It is a good method of foreplay.
3. Sajid Khan wrote, “In the 70's I was living and working in New Delhi. There is
this day that is vividly etched in my memory even today. The company staff were
having a picnic at the Delhi zoo. It was late afternoon and some of us were resting
under a tree. I was reading a book. A colleague was sleeping next to me. Suddenly I
noticed a bee flew over my head and landed on the lips of this girl. I dropped the
book and swiped the bee dead. Accidentally two of my fingers landed in her mouth

between her teeth and her gums. She woke up and thought that I was trying to get
fresh with her. When she saw what had happened she thanked me and went back to
sleep. Believe me this touching of her gums and this brief sensation of my fingers in
her sensual mouth is still fresh. How can I say it was a far, far better pleasure than
my first kiss. Till then I had not thought much about girls or their physical
attraction or even beauty. Having experienced this heavenly bliss my concept of
beauty took hold right away. For me her lips were the most beautiful creation of
Mother Nature.”
4. BEAUTY by John Masefield
I Have seen dawn and sunset on moors and windy hills
Coming in solemn beauty like slow old tunes of Spain:
I have seen the lady April bringing in the daffodils,
Bringing the springing grass and the soft warm April rain.
I have heard the song of the blossoms and the old chant of the sea,
And seen strange lands from under the arched white sails of ships;
But the loveliest things of beauty God ever has showed to me
Are her voice, and her hair, and eyes, and the dear red curve of her lips.
5. William Bonilla wrote,
You tantalize me
With soft lips of cherry red
Sweet breath
That reminds me of a clear day in spain
Teeth of bright lights
Sculptured by a God Of Sea
Poseidon
From his most valued
treasured Pearls
A taste of honey awaits my lips.
Passionante Lips
I see upon the beauty
That smiles before me
As I whisper
Sinful thoughts of my desires
With
Skillful propotionate demands.
Lips Of passion's Red
Utter gentle words that blesses
My ears
As your muffled moans

Appear from within
a soul lost in Passion
As it escapes the lusciousness
Of your voice
Drowning, in passion's wants.
Lustful lips of cherry red
coated with nectar's sweet
Reality we find, not on hand
As tangled soul, in sensuous bliss
Struggle in ecstasy
reaching, reaching for what awaits us
As The edge of infinity.
B.THE MOUTH
1. Generally speaking, the small mouth is more attractive than the large mouth, but
there are no details here, so we cannot speculate about the mouth. He says it was
lovely, and that is all that matters to him.
2. Jillian Bee wrote,
I wish very much that I could
hold your face in my two
hands and
kiss your mouth.
I am sure your kisses could feed me:
I could live on the
sustaining elegance of their touch.
A warmth and sweetness
would fill my mouth,
a wine of such eloquence,
no speech, no words would
dare to imitate.
Your mouth invites kisses
as honey in the comb
invites tasting:
as red, crisp apples
want biting;
as the cool, orange- yellow
of peach and nectarine
seek to be sipped, nipped,
licked and savored.
While the kisses of your mouth

could nourish me and my soul
for eons,
no measurable time
would pass through the
duration of their gift,
and lifetimes would endure while I
kissed your mouth
held between my two hands.
3. In Carman's Sappho Poems we read,
The courtyard of her house is wide
And cool and still when day departs.
Only the rustle of leaves is there
And running water.
And then her mouth, more delicate
Than the frail wood-anemone,
Brushes my cheek, and deeper grow
The purple shadows.
Softer than the hill-fog to the forest
Are the loving hands of my dear lover,
When she sleeps beside me in the starlight
And her beauty drenches me with rest.
As the quiet mist enfolds the beech-trees,
Even as she dreams her arms enfold me,
Half awakening with a hundred kisses
On the scarlet lily of her mouth.
4. Kuchi wrote,
I Love Your Mouth
The words you say
You make me scream and shout
I Love Your Mouth
You are my fantasy
So talk to me
Call me up and set me free
I Love Your Mouth
I Love Your Mouth
I Love Your Mouth

C.THE TEMPLES
1. John Karmelich, "The other compliment has to do with pomegranates. This fruit
is known for its sweetness and is a symbol of sweetness. Pictures of pomegranates
were used in decorations of both the robes of the high priest (Exodus 28:33) and in
the design trim of the Temple (1st Kings 7:18). Jews associate pomegranates with
the “sweetness” of God. This compliment to her is describing the beauty of her
cheeks (in the shape of pomegranates) as well as hinting at her sweetness."
2. “The Dear One's lips (verse 3) are literally "like the thread of scarlet" -- or
possibly cord (as some render it; cf. Ecclesiastes 4:12). Her lips are red, not
necessarily thin, but finely drawn. Her mouth (i.e., her instrument of speech) is
"lovely" -- comely, becoming. Her temples -- or her "cheeks" (RSV; cf. Appendix 1)
-- are like a slice of pomegranate: a mottled red. Both temples and cheeks may
blush; but why is the Dear One blushing? A blush of embarrassment is usually solid
red; a blush from body heat is usually mottled (or so it is alleged). We think the
Dear One's cheeks are blushing -- and from passion more than from shyness. The
Loved One's reaction, musically, fits this; he is deeply stirred by her response to
him.”
3. Davina Moss wrote this poem with a different creature in mind, but it fits
perfectly the beauty that the lover was seeing in his loved one. You were beautiful.
Every crimson in your cheek, every blush spreading over your lips, every shade in
your hair -- you were beautiful. Every angle and every curve, you were beautiful.
Every perfect line, of your chin to your collarbone, of your shoulders, of your
bosom, you were beautiful. Every graceful move of your arm, every flutter of your
fingers, every angel-footed step, you were beautiful. Every moment of every day,
you were beautiful.You were noticed; people noticed you, stopped in the street to
stare at you. You'd be walking; a laugh in each step and a smile in each swing of the
hips and people would look at you. Their eyes would slide towards you, their gaze
descend to you. They'd watch you; examine how every slight change in posture
moved fluidly, like water. You'd feel their gaze on you, you'd love it. You weren't
just anyone to them, you were everyone. They were drawn to you. Like a moth to a
flame, people noticed you.
4. Dr. McGee said, “I suppose today we would say she had “rosy temples.”
4 Your neck is like the tower of David, built with
elegance; on it hang a thousand shields, all of
them shields of warriors.

1. The long slender neck is attractive and makes a man want to kiss it. The jewelry
around her neck is likened to shields. She looks so elegant with her neck so
decorated.
2. John Karmelich, "When Solomon is complimenting the “warrior shields” on her
neck, I believe it is a word-picture of long jewelry dangling from her ears and from
her neck. The “shields” described in this verse are not the big shields we think of
when we picture a “knight in shining armor”, but those little shields that are used in
gladiator hand to hand combat. Therefore, when Solomon describes her neck as
being similar to a tower covered in “lots of little shields”, it refers the beauty of the
silver and gold jewelry dangling from her neck. A modern comparison might be
something like “Oh my darling, your face and hair are so beautiful. Your neck that
supports that striking jewelry is a tower of strength as it bears your beauty.”
3. “The Dear One's neck is like the Tower of David, built for -- what? The word
talpiyot has been translated many ways; it is used only here, and its meaning is
uncertain. Haïk-Vantoura's translation is probably close to its meaning: "trophies".
The Dear One's neck (like the Tower) is meant to be decorated. It is slender,
graceful, yet strong. The "thousand shields" hanging in the Tower seem a metaphor
for the many plates (or gems?) of her necklace. They are described as "round
shields of heroes" in Haïk-Vantoura's translation; once again the Hebrew wording
is uncertain, but the intent is clear. The tender warmth of the melody shows it is
their decorative quality, which the Loved One emphasizes.”
3B. Clarke writes, “Thy two breasts are like two young roes—I have met with many
attempts to support this similitude, or rather to show that there is a similitude; but I
judge them unworthy of citation. The poet speaks the language of nature; and in a
case of this kind, where the impassioned lover attempts to describe the different
perfections of his bride, language often fails him, and his comparisons and
similitudes are often without strict correctness. In love songs we have heard ladies'
necks compared to that of the swan, not only for its whiteness, but also for its
length! The description here shows more of nature than of art, which I consider a
high recommendation.”
4. “Crim suggests that the point of comparison of Solomon’s praise would be
something similiar to what follows: “Just as the fame of Tyre in Ezek. 27:11
attracted mercenaries, the fame of the tower of David has attracted soldiers to come
and enter its service. The shields hanging there show that they have given their
allegiance to the tower. Your neck is like that tower. It is so beautiful that it could
win the allegiance of a thousand heroic soldiers.” We would then translate
something like this: “Your neck attracts men as the tower of David attracts
warriors. A thousand heroic soldiers would swear allegiance to your beauty.” Deere
suggests that the point of the comparison is that the bride’s neck was so beautiful
and majestic that mighty warriors from near and far would have given their
allegiance to her ... It is as if he were saying that these soldiers would be willing to
surrender their shields to her beauty. On the other hand, most scholars suggest that
it refers to the common practice in the ancient Near East of lining the top wall of a
military fortress tower with shields, behind which the soldiers could stand for
protection leaving both hands free for bow and arrows (Note: It is possible to view

Ezek. 27:10-11 and 2 Chrn. 32:5 in this manner). This is supported by ancient Near
Eastern art which pictures such a practice, especially by the relief of Sennacherib’s
siege of Lachish which shows the top wall of Lachish lined with shields. McKenzie
notes: “The art of the ancient East often shows us the shields that were, in time of
war, set in position on the towers of the city walls, so that defenders could safely fire
arrows and hurl stones while standing upright behind them.” Those who see this as
the imagery all agree that the point of comparison is to jeweled necklaces with
pendants which could be compared to shields, as in 1:10-11 (Andre Robert, T.J.
Meek, Gilles Gerlemann, A.M. Honeyman, B.S.J. Isserlin, John McKenzie).
McKenzie expresses this view when he posits that she was wearing jewelry around
her neck and that this was being compared to the shields hung around this military
tower: “One of the many physical charms that the beloved finds in his mistress
(Song of Sol. 4:1-4) is her long neck which, with its stately poise, reminds him of the
lofty tower of David. Just as this tower is hung all round with shields placed there
by mighty men of valour, so is his mistress’ neck adorned with chains and strings of
jewels (McKenzie, ibid). This is supported by the fact that 4:9 explicitly mentions a
necklace with a multitude of jewels in it which Shulamite was wearing at this time.”
5. as i kiss
your cheek
my lips trail
to the softness
of your
beautiful neck...
my palate
hungers for
the taste of
your sweet skin
as i softly
and tenderly place
butterfly kisses
on your neck...
you squirm as
chills dance across
the pleasure
being enjoyed by
my neck kisses...
as our mouths
search and find
each other in a
kiss of fire...

and then...the
dream is interrupted...
By LonelyPoet
5 Your two breasts are like two fawns, like twin
fawns of a gazelle that browse among the lilies.
1. It is not wrong to appreciate the beauty of what God has created, and the female
body is one of the most beautiful. It is part of love play to get pleasure with the eyes
as we enjoy the aesthetic pleasure of our lover. To reject this is to reject the plan of
God.
2. Ella Wheeler Wilcox wrote,
As long a men have words wherewith to praise
They shall describe the softly-molded breast,
Where Love and Pleasure make their downy nest,
Like little singing birds;
And lovely limbs and lips of luscious fire,
Shall be the theme of many a poet’s lyre,
As long as men have words wherewith to praise.
3. “It may be the nipples especially, which the poet compares to the two young roes;
and the lilies may refer to the whiteness of the breasts themselves. The Dear One's
breasts evoke a strangely pure, tender passion, musically speaking. They are like
fawns -- soft, shapely, inviting a petting. The metaphor "feeding among the lilies"
evokes kissing elsewhere in the Song; the melody on these words is the same as that
found in 2:16 and 6:3 (cf. 5:13). The Loved One desires not only to caress, but to
kiss the Dear One's breasts -- yet his description is free from lust or haste.”
4. There was a time when you did not ask for some turkey breast at the table, for
the very word breast was like a vulgar swear word in polite company. Sexuality was
so suppressed that any hint of it was scandalous. Even the legs on furniture had to
be covered then for fear of giving people ideas of looking at legs as objects of sexual
attraction. Books on shelves had to be placed so as to never put a male author and
female author side by side.
5. Now we live in a society where topless women wait on tables. Big breasts are
featured on women designed to be seductive. Breasts are symbolic of sex. It is
primarily just visual aesthetics, for only a small portion of women feel any great
sensual satisfaction by masculine manipulation of the breast. They wonder about
what all the fuss is, but it is the visual that makes them the big deal. The twin idea
again means that they are equal is size, and so there is perfect balance. Well
endowed females are not necessarily the most sexual, for they have had to fight off

advances so often that they have a negative view of sex. The less endowed may be far
more sensual. Looking sexy and being sexy are two different things.
6. If you have ever been to a deer park you see everybody petting the fawns, and
that is the implication here as well. You cannot refrain from petting a fawn or the
breasts of the one you love. The breasts play a major role in female beauty and in
this song. They are referred to again in 1:13;4:5;7:3;7:7;7:8; 8:1,8,10
7. It is a good thing for marriage enrichment for mates to every once in a while to
begin at the hair or the feet and go over each others body telling their mate just
what it is they like and find beautiful about each part of their body. That is what the
lover is doing here and it had to build her self-confidence. We all need compliments
to build up our self worth. He is being creatively loving by taking the time to list
what he finds beautiful about her. This is part of what is meant by the statement “
you have to work at love.” A mate can feel bankrupt and poor if they go a long time
and never get a deposit of compliments from their mate.
8. You notice that he does not compliment one part of her and then quit. He gives
compliments to a number of her features so she feels he really loves her all over and
not just a certain part. He loves the whole package, and this gives a girl self-confidence
that helps her feel more free to be naked in his presence. If she does not
feel loved all over, she may be shy and not feel comfortable in lovemaking with the
lights on. Sexuality and spirituality go hand in hand. Sex is not an incidental aspect
of life. It is an essential aspect of life. It is the means by which we exist. Existence
depends on sex, and the quality of existence depends on sex, and the extension of
that existence depends upon sex, as it produces our children. This book is a focus on
the beauty of the body. It is a song of joy in the pleasure of the body and its beauty.
The love of the body is beautiful. To grow in sensuousness is to increase your
capacity of give and receive pleasure. Strong pleasure of the body leads to greater
self worth.
9. Jayadeva describes the beauty of Radha in nearly the same imagery: "Thy lips, O
thou most beautiful among women, are a bandhujiva flower; the lustre of the
madhuca beams upon thy cheek; thine eye outshines the blue lotos; thy nose is a bud
of the tila; the cunda blossom yields to thy teeth.
Surely thou descendedst from heaven, O slender damsel! attended by a company of
youthful goddesses; and all their beauties are collected in thee The same poet has a
parallel thought to that in ver. 5, "Thy two breasts," &c. The companions of Radha
thus address her: "Ask those two round hillocks which receive pure dew drops from
the garland playing on thy neck, and the buds on whose tops start aloft with the
thought of thy beloved."
6 Until the day breaks and the shadows flee, I will
go to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of

incense.
1. Some feel she is shy and needs to retire from all this praise of her body. Others
feel she is turned on and speaks of all night love making. Dillow sees this as the
proverbial “Mount of Venus” or the female genitals, or her erotically scented
mountain. Fawns are soft and lovable. The "mountain" and "hill" are also
metaphors for the girl's breasts.
2. John Karmelich, "Let’s be blunt. This is a sexual reference of Solomon’s desire
to make love to his bride. Solomon is saying he wants to make love to her until the
break of day. Solomon was describing the bride’s beauty from her hair down to her
breasts, and is now describing this “mountain of myrrh” and “hill of incense”.
3. It is a colorful way of saying, “I want to enjoy the aroma’s that come from making
love to you”. Both “myrrh” and “incense” are sweet smelling aroma’s’. "
7 All beautiful you are, my darling; there is no
flaw in you.
1. Net Bible comments, "Song 4:1-7 is often compared to ancient Near Eastern wasfs
songs sung by the groom to his new bride, praising her beauty from head to foot.
Examples have been found in Egyptian, Syrian, Sumerian, and Arabic love
literature. The wasfs song is a poetic celebration by the groom of his bride’s physical
beauty. The typical form has three parts: (1) introductory words by the wedding
guests, (2) invitation by the bride to the groom to celebrate her physical beauty, and
(3) the groom’s poetic comparative praise of his bride’s beauty from head to foot –
comprising the bulk of the song. The groom’s praise typically is characterized by
three movements: (1) introductory summary praise of his bride’s beauty, (2) lengthy
and detailed figurative description of her physical beauty, and (3) concluding
summary praise which reiterates the introductory words of the song. Although the
introductory words of the wedding guests and the invitation by the bride are absent,
the form of the Lover’s praise of his bride is identical, as are the types of
comparative praise. His song falls into the same three movements: (1) introductory
summary praise of his bride’s beauty in 4:1a, (2) lengthy and detailed figurative
description of her beauty in 4:1b-6, and (3) concluding summary praise in 4:7.”
2. She is perfect in his sight. We have to decide if the body is good or evil. Those who
think of it as a house of sin will shun it, but those who think of it as the temple of the
Holy Spirit will seek to love and build it up. How we feel about the body determines
how we think about sex. Many were like the Gnostics of old who hated the body,
and felt that those who had sex on a regular basis could never enter heaven. Some
great Christian leaders even felt there was no difference between marriage and
fornication for the same shameful act was involved.

3. There were monks who followed the body hate thing to its logical conclusion, and
refused to bathe. They felt it was sinful to even look on the naked body because they
had become so anti-sex. Simeon Stylites was the greatest of their heroes, for he
became so dirty that vermin dropped from his body as he walked. Origin, the early
church father went to the extreme of castrating himself so he would have no interest
in sex. It was as if the whole idea of sex was the devils invention. The world reacts to
such extremes with their own extreme where bodily pleasures are the end of life,
and all you can do to please the body is good. The Biblical view is a balance where
the body is neither defamed nor deified, but simply dedicated to be used as God
designed it to be used. Jesus had a body, but the devil did not. The body, therefore,
is not evil but good, for God created it and wants us to dedicate it to be used for His
purposes.
4. George Santayana believes our entire aesthetic sensibility is traceable to the
sexual impulse, and that responsiveness to sexual beauty is the source of
appreciation of all beauty. All love of art and nature is part of the sexual nature of
man. Advertisers tend to think so for they try to use a beautiful woman to sell
everything. Many men who have no appreciation for art will pay attention to a
beautiful woman.
5. Christopher Marlowe,
Was this the face that launched a thousand ships
And burnt the topless towers of Ilium?
O, thou art fairer than the evening air
Clad in the beauty of a thousand stars!
6. Physical beauty is the main attraction in early courtship and this is good, but
people need to go together long enough to go deeper and get to know the whole
person, for when the beauty fades there has to be a deeper foundation for their love.
Different cultures, different individuals, have had different ideas as to which parts
of the female body are "sexy". The Loved One appreciates everything. Each part
has its own particular charm, evoking a unique emotional response. The total
person can only be truly beautiful if there is a spiritual aspect of their beauty to go
along with their physical beauty, and the following refers to that added beauty.
6B. Beauty Tips from Audrey Hepburn
For attractive lips, speak words of kindness
For lovely eyes seek out the good in people
For a good figure, share your food with the hungry
For beautiful hair, let a child run his or her fingers
through once a day
For poise, walk with the knowledge
you will never walk alone
People, even more than things, have to be
restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed;
never through out anybody.

Remember, if you ever need a helping hand,
you will find one at the end of your arm.
As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands,
one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.
The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears,
the figure she carries, or the way she combs her hair.
The beauty of a woman must be seen from in her eyes,
because that is the doorway to her heart,
the place where love resides.
The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mole,
but true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul
It is the caring she lovingly gives, the passion that she shows.
And the beauty of a woman with passing years only grows.
7. Winthrop Macworth Praed wrote,
Woman! Thou loveliest gift that here below
Men can perceive, or Providence bestow!
To thee the earliest offerings belong
Of opening eloquence, or youthful song;
Lovely partaker of our dreamiest joys!
Thyself a gift whose pleasure never cloys,-
Whose wished-for presence gently can appease
The wounds of penury, or slow disease-
Whose loss is such, as through life’s tedious way
No rank can compensate, no wealth repay;
Thy figure beams a ray of heavenly light
To cheer the darkness of our earthly night;
Hail, fair Enslaver! At thy changing dance
Boldness recedes, and timid hearts advance,
Monarchs forget their scepter and their sway,
And sages melt in tenderness away.
8. No flaw in her is likely the exaggeration of love. Love is blind to things that others
might see as a flaw. This is the goal of Christ for his bride in Eph. 5:27 Husbands
need to make it clear that they love the entire body of their mate so they can feel
comfortable being naked. Many feel self conscious because they do not feel flaw free.
Praise and adoration of the body relieves this. If a man never tells his wife how he
adores her body he is robbing himself of one of his treasures. Even a body far from
flawless can be very appealing to the one who loves it. She may have stretch marks
or a scar from surgery, but she is still beautiful to the one who loves her. Dr. Paul
Faulkner in Making Things Right got this letter that he thought was like a modern
day version of Song of Solomon.

8B. Dear Paul: Jim was 21 when we married, and I was 18. In lovemaking Jim was
way ahead of Masters and Johnson. He would quote passages from the Song of
Solomon as he began kissing the back of my neck and leading me into the bedroom.
His favorite passage was about the turtledoves, twins in a row. I loved it. He made
me feel like I was the most beautiful woman in the world. When I was 19, I had a
baby and breastfed him. I got mastitis. That year 17 babies died from staph
infections, and a few mothers died from mastitis. Penicillin was ineffective in
treating my condition, as were antibiotics. I was dying. The doctors tried everything.
They operated on me four times. They cut huge gashes in my breast to allow the
infection to drain. After nearly three months of hanging on, a new drug was given to
me, and it worked.
8C. When I was able to be home again and to care for our baby, I went into a mild
depression. Now I know that it was normal. Then I didn’t. I tried to hide it from
Jim, but I couldn’t I cried and cried. Jim held me, and I blubbered, “You don’t have
turtledoves, twin in a row, anymore.” He held me in his arms and gently rocked me
back and forth. He kissed me until I stopped crying. He told me that every scar was
precious to him and that it didn’t matter that my breast weren’t the same size
anymore. To him, the scars were symbols. They meant that I was alive and that
meant more to him than any other possession. He still kisses those scars and tells me
he loves me. He still makes me feel like I’m the most beautiful woman in the world,
and once in a while he still quotes from the Song of Solomon.”
9. Her well-turn'd neck he view'd, (her neck was bare,) And on her shoulders her
disheveled hair. O, were it comb'd, said he, with what a grace Would every waving
curl become her face! He view'd her eyes, like heavenly lamps that shone, He view'd
her lips, too sweet to view alone; Her taper fingers, and her panting breast. He
praises all he sees; and, for the rest, Believes the beauties yet unseen the best.
DRYDEN.
10. Exaggerated compliments are a part of love making, and sadly, so many men do
not recognize its importance in keeping love alive and growing. David Walter wrote
so wisely when he penned these words, " In Sex and Love I talked about how we
express love by the time we spend with one another, the words we use and by our
physical intimacy. We looked at 3:6-5:1, considering how the man and woman loved
each other with their words. We usually think about Song of Songs as a book about
sexual love but it's also a book about verbal love. God designed us to relate to each
other verbally, emotionally and physically. I made the point that good sex is about a
good relationship. We ought not to expect that we can damage each other with our
words during the day then presume to love each other with our bodies at night.
Indeed, the way we use our words is a much better barometer of love, for loving one
another with words is much more difficult than sex. Jesus is God's great example of
holistic love. God tells us of His love for us in Jesus and demonstrates it physically
by Jesus' death (eg. 1 John 4:9-10). It is important for all of us to build personal
relationships, of whatever kind, with verbal loving. Those wishing to remain single
can build loving platonic relationships with words of love and appreciation.

Marrieds (of which I had few in my audience) can pep up their marriage and sex
lives by making a greater effort in the area of verbal love. Those wishing to marry
can practice for a healthy marriage and for good sex - by making a habit of loving
people with their words."
11. One more note on the importance of verbal love. A pastor wrote, “I would
add that attractive qualities are kept alive and well by praise; they are also
smothered by criticism and nagging. Praise is important in all human relations
and especially in marriage. On their wedding day and before they came together,
this groom praised his wife's beauty Praise helps us see the good in each other
and helps the good be even better. Praise also keeps us from dwelling on each
other's shortcomings. Ben was a powerful, critical perfectionist, who, by his
offhanded comments and criticism, made Jane feel with each passing month that
she was less capable, less beautiful, and less adequate. He would be wiser and
his marriage would be much better if he recognized the value of praise.”
12. Amazing one by Bebo T
Softer than the song the wind hums,
as it waltzes through the trees,
Kinder than the ocean tides
when they blow that sensual breeze
Prettier than the grass
when the emerald pans for miles,
warmer than the sun,
As it warms us with its smiles
greater than the mountain,
that towers with so much grace,
Purer than the clouds,
as they hang in the sky like lace,
Immense like the sky,
that drowns with its blue,
Amazing one from God,
oh, how I love you....
12B. Joseph Kaster in Wings of the Falcon. Life and Thought of Ancient Egypt
Lovely are her eyes when she glances,

Sweet are her lips when she speaks,
And her words are never too many!
Her neck is long, and her nipple is radiant,
And her hair is deep sapphire.
Her arms are past the brilliance of gold,
And her fingers are like lotus blossoms.
Her buttocks curve down languidly from her trim belly,
And her thighs are her beauties.
Her bearing is regal as she walks upon the earth-
She cause every male neck to turn and look at her.
Yes, she has captivated my heart in her embrace!
In joy indeed is he who embraces all of her-
He is the very prince of lusty youths!
See how she goes forth-like that one and only goddess.
13. No one could surpass Spurgeon when it came to using eloquent words to convey
the analogy view of Christ’s praise of the beauty of his bride the church. I don’t
think that this is what Solomon was writing about, but the analogy is beautiful, and
this is how Spurgeon conveys it. “How marvelous are these words! "Thou art all
fair, My love; there is no spot in thee." The glorious Bridegroom is charmed with
His spouse, and sings soft canticles of admiration. When the bride extols her Lord
there is no wonder, for He deserves it well, and in Him there is room for praise
without possibility of flattery. But does He who is wiser than Solomon condescend to
praise this sunburnt Shulamite? 'Tis even so, for these are His own words, and were
uttered by His own sweet lips. Nay, doubt not, O young believer, for we have more
wonders to reveal! There are greater depths in heavenly things than thou hast at
present dared to hope. The Church not only is all fair in the eyes of her Beloved, but
in one sense she always was so.
"In God's decree, her form He view'd;
All beauteous in His eyes she stood,
Presented by Th' eternal name,
Betroth'd in love, and free from blame.
"Not as she stood in Adam's fall,
When guilt and ruin cover'd all;

But as she'll stand another day,
Fairer than sun's meridian ray."
13B. Spurgeon continues, “He delighted in her before she had either a natural or a
spiritual being, and from the beginning could He say, "My delights were with the
sons of men." (Prov. viii. 31.) Having covenanted to be the Surety of the elect, and
having determined to fulfil every stipulation of that covenant, He from all eternity
delighted to survey the purchase of His blood, and rejoiced to view His Church, in
the purpose and decree, as already by Him delivered from sin, and exalted to glory
and happiness.
"Oh, glorious grace, mysterious plan
Too great for angel-mind to scan,
Our thoughts are lost, our numbers fail;
All hail, redeeming love, all hail!"
13C. Spurgeon goes on, “The beauty which He admires is universal, He is as much
enchanted with her temples as with her breasts. All her offices, all her pure
devotions, all her earnest labors, all her constant sufferings, are precious to His
heart. She is "all fair." Her ministry, her psalmody, her intercessions, her alms, her
watching, all are admirable to Him, when performed in the Spirit. Her faith, her
love, her patience, her zeal, are alike in His esteem as "rows of jewels" and "chains
of gold." (Sol. Song i. 10.) He loves and admires her everywhere. In the house of
bondage, or in the land of Canaan, she is ever fair. On the top of Lebanon His heart
is ravished with one of her eyes, and in the fields and villages He joyfully receives
her loves. He values her above gold and silver in the days of His gracious
manifestations, but He has an equal appreciation of her when He withdraws
Himself, for it is immediately after He had said, "Until the day break, and the
shadows flee away, I will get Me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of
frankincense," (Sol. Song iv. 6,) that He exclaims, in the words of our text, "Thou
art all fair, My love." At all seasons believers are very near the heart of the Lord
Jesus, they are always as the apple of His eye, and the jewel of His crown. Our name
is still on His breastplate, and our persons are still in His gracious remembrance. He
never thinks lightly of His people; and certainly in all the compass of His Word
there is not one syllable which looks like contempt of them. They are the choice
treasure and peculiar portion of the Lord of hosts; and what king will undervalue
his own inheritance? What loving husband will despise his own wife? Let others call
the Church what they may, Jesus does not waver in His love to her, and does not
differ in His judgment of her, for He still exclaims, "How fair and how pleasant art
thou, O love, for delights!" (Sol. Song vii. 6.)
13D. Spurgeon has more yet, “But perhaps it is best to understand this as relating to
the design of Christ concerning them. It is His purpose to present them without
"spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing." (Eph. v. 27.) They shall be holy and

unblameable and unreproveable in the sight of the Omniscient God. In prospect of
this, the Church is viewed as being virtually what she is soon to be actually. Nor is
this a frivolous antedating of her excellence; for be it ever remembered that the
Representative, in whom she is accepted, is actually complete in all perfections and
glories at this very moment. As the Head of the body is already without sin, being
none other than the Lord from heaven, it is but in keeping that the whole body
should be pronounced comely and fair through the glory of the Head. The fact of
her future perfection is so certain that it is spoken of as if it were already
accomplished, and indeed it is so in the mind of Him to whom a thousand years are
but as one day. "Christ often expounds an honest believer, from His own heart,
purpose and design; in which respect they get many titles, otherwise unsuitable to
their present condition. (Durham.) Let us magnify the name of our Jesus, who loves
us so well that He will overleap the dividing years of our pilgrimage, that He may
give us even now the praise which seems to be only fitted for the perfection of
Paradise. As Erskine sings, --
"My love, thou seem'st a loathsome worm:
Yet such thy beauties be,
I spoke but half thy comely form;
Thou'rt wholly fair to Me.
"Whole justified, in perfect dress;
Nor justice, nor the law
Can in thy robe of righteousness
Discern the smallest flaw.
"Yea, sanctified in ev'ry part,
Thou art perfect in design:
And I judge thee by what thou art
In thy intent and Mine.
"Fair love, by grace complete in Me,
Beyond all beauteous brides;
Each spot that ever sullied thee
My purple vesture hides."
8 Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, come

with me from Lebanon. Descend from the crest of
Amana, from the top of Senir, the summit of
Hermon, from the lions' dens and the mountain
haunts of the leopards.
1. This is the bride section of the song. She is referred to as bride 6 times in the next
few verses, and nowhere else in the song. She is now the bride and this appears to be
the honeymoon time spent together. Just when they got married is a secret, and it
appears they ran away and got married rather than having a big wedding. Here are
the other 5 references to her as the bride.
Song of Solomon 4:9 You have stolen my heart, my sister, my bride; you have stolen
my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your necklace.
Song of Solomon 4:10 How delightful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much
more pleasing is your love than wine, and the fragrance of your perfume than any
spice!
Song of Solomon 4:11 Your lips drop sweetness as the honeycomb, my bride; milk
and honey are under your tongue. The fragrance of your garments is like that of
Lebanon.
Song of Solomon 4:12 You are a garden locked up, my sister, my bride; you are a
spring enclosed, a sealed fountain.
Song of Solomon 5:1 [ Lover ] I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride; I
have gathered my myrrh with my spice. I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey;
I have drunk my wine and my milk. [ Friends ] Eat, O friends, and drink; drink
your fill, O lovers.
2. He urges her to not look back but to look to the future, and come away with him.
People need to look ahead and not back. Forgetting what is behind, and all that was
either right or wrong, and launch out into the adventure of new life. Do not get
caught in the grips of the past and let it rob you of the future. It is almost like a
modern day young man inviting his sweetheart to the zoo with all of its exotic
animals. It is a honeymoon, and you do things different and unusual on a
honeymoon. He is inviting her to join him on an exciting adventure. Many a
honeymoon takes lovers to places they may never see again.
3. “In Song 4:8 he begs her to put aside her distractions, her thoughts of home and
her fears and to share herself with him freely. His increasing urgency is shown by
the repetition (in vverse 6-8) of a similar musical motif (beginning with the 6th
degree, which gives a certain tension especially at the ends of phrases and at incises).
Yet once the Lovers begin their foreplay, there is no haste on the part of the Loved
One.”

4. David Holder sees this whole scene of her as the bride as the honeymoon with all
of its sexual implications, and he writes, “A wedding ceremony of some kind is
assumed but not described as he begins in 4:8 to call her his bride (six times in ten
verses: 4:8, 9, 10, 11, 12; 5:1). He also calls her his sister (four times, 4:9, 10, 12;
5:1), which was common in ancient Near Eastern love poetry as a term of
endearment. They have been married and begin their new relationship as husband
and wife.
He asks and urges her to come with him (4:8), which in Hebrew is simply "with
me." This says it all: she has captured his heart and he wants her with him (4:9-11).
She is his beautiful, loving bride, his friend, the object of his affection, love, and
desire. He wants them to be together and asks her to come with him. In modest, yet
erotic language, the consummation of their love is described in terms of a garden
(4:12-5:1). She invites her lover to enter her garden, make it his own, and enjoy its
fruits (4:16) and he does so (5:1). The symbolic language makes possible a classic
and chaste description of their wedding night. Their love is consummated and their
marriage begins.”
9 You have stolen my heart, my sister, my bride;
you have stolen my heart with one glance of your
eyes, with one jewel of your necklace.
1. How romantic! He is accusing her of being a thief, for she has stolen his heart, but
he wanted her to have it, and so it was not thievery at all. She did her romantic
kleptomania act by one glance of her eyes, and with one jewel of her necklace. He
was easily captured by the visual appearance of his bride.
2. A person called sandeep wrote, “You must be a good runner because you are
always running in my mind. You must be a good thief because you have stolen my
heart, and I am always a bad shooter because I Miss You Always.
3. “Solomon addresses his bride as “my sister” (yta) several times (4:9,10,12; 5:1).
This probably reflects any one of several ancient Near Eastern customs: (1) The
appelatives “my sister” and “my brother” were both commonly used in ancient Near

Eastern love literature as figurative descriptions of two lovers. For instance, in a
Ugaritic poem when Anat tried to seduce Aqhat, she says, “Hear, O hero Aqhat, you
are my brother and I your sister” (Aqhat 18 i. 24). In the Apocraypha husband and
wife are referred to several times as “brother” and “sister” (Esth 15:9; Tobit 5:20;
7:16). This “sister-wife” motif might be behind Paul’s perplexing statement about a
“sister-wife” (1 Cor 9:5). (2) In several Mesopotamian societies husbands actually
could legally adopt their wives for a variety of reasons. For instance, in Hurrian
society husbands in the upper classes sometimes adopted their wives as “sisters” in
order to form the strongest of all possible marriage bonds; a man could divorce his
wife but he could not divorce his “sister” because she was “family.”
4. One scholar sees his heart being robbed of it senses, so that he is completely under
her spell, and at her mercy. He is robbed of all self-control. He wrote, “Her beauty
was so overwhelming that it robbed him of his senses (e.g., Hos 4:11). This is
paralleled by a modern Palestinian love song: “She stood opposite me and deprived
me of reason (lit. “took my heart”), your dark eyes slew me while I was singing,
your eyebrows drove shame from me ... the darkness of your eyes have slain me; O
one clad in purple clothes, it is worthwhile falling in love with you, for your eyes are
black and sparkle, and have slain me indeed.” Less likely is the proposal of
Waldeman who relates this to Akkadian lababu (“to rage, be aroused to fury”),
suggesting that Song 4:9 means “to become passionately aroused” or “to be aroused
sexually.”
4B. Dr. McGee wrote, “The Hebrew here is ambiguous and perhaps deliberately so.
The sense of the verb could be either “you have taken away my heart”in the sense of
“I am hopelessly in love with you” or “you have ‘heartened’ me” in the sense of
“you have sexually aroused me.”The cases for both meanings are strong, and it may
be that both nuances were recognized by the ancient audience. If so, rather than
decide between the two, one should read this as a double entendre; that is, the text
implies both meanings are intended.”
5. The one glance has led to the feeling that we have here a story of love at first
sight. It happens often in history. “Mark Twain was on a ship going to the Holy
Land when he visited the cabin of his friend Charles Langdon. He saw the picture of
his sister Olivia Langdon, and he fell in love with her before he ever saw her, just
from her picture. A few months later he was invited to visit her father’s house in
New York. He did not want to leave and so he fell out of the coach as it was carrying
him away, and acted injured so the family took him in, and Olivia nursed him back
to health. He was fine all along, but this play act led to their love and marriage.”
5B. A Piece of My Heart by Moon & Stars
1.The first moment I saw you,

I didn't know what to do,
I didn't know how to feel,
My heart started racing without any will.
You glanced at me, I stared at you.
The feeling I had was true
I knew there & then,
Because my heart skipped beats again & again.
When you looked at me,
I knew it was meant to be.
I gazed into your eyes,
I hoped you felt what I did inside.
Your dark brown hair & your gorgeous brown eyes,
Something I couldn't deny,
Was the love I felt for you.
I wondered, did you feel the same way too?
5C. William Shakespeare has an interesting passage on love at first sight, and of
how beauty provokes thievery. He wrote, “Beauty provokes thieves sooner than
gold. Doubt that the stars are fire; Doubt that the sun doth move; Doubt truth to be
a liar; But never doubt I love. ("Hamlet") Journeys end in lovers meeting. (Twelfth
Night, Scene 3) Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind; And therefore is
winged Cupid painted blind. Mine ear is enamored by thy note; So is mine eye
enthralled by thy shape; and thy fair virtues force perforce doth move me; to say, to
swear, I love thee. No sooner met but they looked; no sooner looked but they loved;
no sooner loved but they sighed; no sooner sighed but they asked one another the
reason; no sooner knew the reason but they sought the remedy. The course of true
love never did run smooth. What I have done is yours; what I have to do is yours;
being part in all I have, devoted yours. (dedication)”
6. Unfortunately I do not have the author of this wonderful article on the five
Biblical examples of love at first sight. It is well done and reveals that such an
experience is common in life, for when one sees what he feels in awesome beauty,
romantic love quickly takes over the mind, and steals the heart. Here is that
wonderful article:
“The more impetuous a relationship's beginning, the more difficult it may be to

stabilize it later. This is graphically illustrated by the five primary examples of love
at first sight described in the Bible. The first of these, that of Adam for Eve, is
implied in the account of their creation. The following four--that of Rebecca for
Isaac (Genesis 24:64-65), of Jacob for Rachel (Ibid. 29), of David for Abigail (1
Samuel 25), and of David for Bathsheba (Samuel 11-12)--are described explicitly.
These five, in their historical order, are descending examples of how the intensity of
love at first sight can be focused into mature, rooted love. This ability to relate to
another person with deep, concentrated attachment is known as da'at
("knowledge").
When G-d created Eve and presented her to Adam, he exclaimed: "This time, bone
of my bones and flesh of my flesh! This one shall be called 'woman,' for she was
taken from man." Spontaneously saying "this time," he expressed his delight and
emotional arousal--his love at first sight--for his newfound mate.
6B. Before Rebecca even saw Isaac, she had agreed, with devotion and self-sacrifice,
to be betrothed to him. On her way to meet him, she saw a man approaching in the
field and knew intuitively that it must be him. She experienced such intense
emotions of love at her first sight of him that she nearly fell off her camel. By virtue
of having so completely bound herself to him beforehand, her soul was able to
recognize (know) him as her true soul mate even before they had formally met.
In Kabbalah, the couple that more than any other personifies the love between G-d
and the people of Israel--and exemplifies, as well, the ideal state of manifest love
between husband and wife--is Jacob and Rachel, whose relationship is also the
Torah's prototypical example of romantic love.
Like Isaac, Jacob knew that he was going to marry his relative's daughter. When he
arrived at the well near Haran, the shepherds told him that the approaching maiden
was Rachel, his uncle Laban's daughter. His love at first sight enabled him to single-handedly
roll back the boulder covering the well at which the shepherds watered
their flocks, in order to let Rachel's flocks drink. And he cried, for he sensed that he
would not merit to be buried with her (Rashi on Genesis 29:11) and that there would
be difficulties and delays before they could marry.
6C. However, his da'at was not complete enough to be immune to deception. He
knew only that he was coming to marry one of Laban's daughters; since he did not
know which, his psychological preparation was conditional. Therefore Laban was
able to deceive him by giving him Leah first, in place of Rachel. Despite the intensity
of his love for Rachel, on his wedding night he did not know whom he was marrying.
In both of these cases, the parties were psychologically prepared to meet their soul
mates, so events proceeded relatively smoothly. Psychological preparation for an
event serves as a mental "guard" or protective shield, which controls and directs the
intense emotions of the heart.
6D.In contrast, King David was not psychologically prepared for either of his
confrontations with love at first sight. When he first met Abigail, he was on the way
to avenge her husband Naval's extreme ingratitude and stinginess. Seeing her, he
fell in love and wanted to marry her. Not having been prepared for their encounter,
his love at first sight was initially devoid of mature da'at altogether. But Abigail, the

"woman of goodly intelligence" (1 Samuel 25:3) convinced him that they should not
marry until the time was right. Being a prophetess, she knew that David would fail
with Bathsheba, and she succeeded in convincing him to wait in order not to fail in
her case as well (Megilah 14b). With her wisdom and charm, she succeeded in
calming his emotions, allowing his approach to their relationship to be guided by his
da'at.
6E. In the case of Bathsheba, however, David's mind was not only unable to control
his emotions but became subordinate to them. Although she was predestined to be
his wife, he acted on impulse, and was unable to wait to take her until the time was
ripe (Sanhedrin 107a). Once she became pregnant, he arranged that her husband be
killed in battle in order that he be able to marry her. This is clearly the lowest level
of da'at that can accompany the experience of love at first sight.”
7. Things are getting hot here according to one commentator who wrote, “Now,
after a slight pause, the foreplay begins. The Dear One's eyes draw the Loved One
to her, capturing his heart. Desire begins with the gaze of lovers into each other's
eyes; it is there where the "soul" is found (verse 9). The chains (cf. Appendix 1)
around her neck ravish his eyes too; naturally, he must unfasten them...Her first
caresses (verse 10) are literally "beautiful". The Loved One's delight is echoed by
the placement of the 3rd degree upon dodayikh. More caresses increase his pleasure,
as the cadence on the 6th degree (on "more than wine") evokes. His description of
her fragrance, by contrast, is calm; he inhales it deeply, enjoying it in an unhurried
fashion. The Dear One's kisses are truly sweet, as is the melody which describes
them (verse 11a). He enjoys unhurried "deep kisses" with her, tasting the "honey
and milk" which her arousal produces. (The cadence on "tongue" is on the
augmented 4th, denoting a different sort of passion than the cadence on the 6th.)
Once again, his description of her fragrance (this time of her garments) is calm; he
breathes it in deeply.”
10 How delightful is your love, my sister, my
bride! How much more pleasing is your love than
wine, and the fragrance of your perfume than any
spice!
1. Better than wine, and that is why I would rather be here in your arms than down
at the bar with the guys. Many would rather be at the bar because their bed is cold
and without pleasure. Wine seems to be the pleasure by which other things, such as
love making, are to be compared, and this lover is saying he would rather get drunk
with her love making than with wine. Some translations such as the Vulgate have,
“your breasts,” rather than your love. When her breasts are more pleasurable than
wine you know the honeymoon has begun full swing.

2. Rex Smith wrote,
I don't know what to say
You take my breath away
You're every song I sing
You're the music that I play
And you take my breath away
11 Your lips drop sweetness as the honeycomb,
my bride; milk and honey are under your tongue.
The fragrance of your garments is like that of
Lebanon.
1. To know this he had to do some tonguing in his kissing. French kissing did not
start in France. It had its beginning in the Bible long before it was ever called
French kissing.
2. Kissing comes in many packages, and each has a different level of intimacy.
Someone in Blog at WordPress.com. has an interesting study of these many levels,
and suggestions for more kisses than any person has ever dreamed about, let alone
practiced. It goes like this:
Kiss on the hand - I adore you.
Kiss on the cheek - I just want to be friends.
Kiss on the chin - You are cute!
Kiss on the neck - I want you.
Kiss on the lips - I love you.
Kiss on the ears - Let’s have some fun.
Kiss anywhere else - You’re the best.
Below you will find a variety of kiss types. If you find some that catch your fancy,
feel free to try them
Butterfly Kiss - With your faces less than a breath away, open and close your eyelids
against your partners. If done correctly, the fluttering sensation will match the one
in your heart.
Cheek Kiss - A friendly, “I really like you” kiss. Often the preferred kissing method
of a first date. With your hands on your partner’s shoulders, gently brush your lips
across her cheek.

Earlobe Kiss - Gently sip and suck the earlobe. Avoid louder sucking noises as ears
are sensitized noise detectors.
Eskimo Kiss - With your faces less than a breath apart, gently rub your noses
together.
Eye Kiss - Hold your partner’s head with both hands and slowly move their head in
the direction you wish your kiss to go… then slowly kiss up towards your partner’s
eyes and give them a tender kiss on top of their closed eyes.
Eyelid Kiss - While your partner is resting/sleeping with eyes closed, very very
gently kiss the spot right below their browbone. A very intimate kiss.
Finger Kiss - While laying together gently suck on their fingers. This can be very
seductive and pleasurable.
Foot Kiss - An erotic and romantic gesture. It may tickle, but relax and enjoy it! To
give a toe kiss by gently suck the toes and then lightly kissing the foot. It helps to
gently massage the base of the foot while performing the kiss.
Forehead Kiss - The “motherly” kiss or “just friends” kiss. The forehead kiss can be
a comforting kiss to anyone. Simply brush your lips lightly across the crown of their
head.
Freeze Kiss (or Melt Kiss) - Experiment with this fun kiss. Put a small piece of ice in
your mouth, then open mouth and kiss your partner, passing them the ice with your
tongue. It’s an erotic and sensual french kiss with a twist of cold.
French Kiss - The kiss involving the tongue. Some call this the “Soul Kiss” because
the life and soul are thought to pass through the mouth’s breath in the exchange
across tongues. Surprisingly, the French call this “The English Kiss”.
Fruity Kiss - Take a small piece of fruit and place between your lips (juicy fruits such
as grapes, strawberries, small pieces of pineapple or mango are ideal). Kiss your
partner and nibble one half of the piece of fruit while they nibble the other until it
breaks in half, allowing the juice to run into your mouths.
Hand Kiss - Gently raise her hand to your lips. Lightly brush your lips across the top
of her hand. Historically this kiss was performed with a bow, which showed
deference to a lady.
Hickey Kiss - The object is not to draw blood, but to gently leave a mark that will
prove your interlude was not a dream. This is often included in erotic foreplay.
Hostage Kiss - Cover your lips with tape and get your love’s attention. When they
come near, make noises like you’re trying to tell them something and motion as if
you can’t get the tape off. Once they remove the tape from you to hear what you’re
trying to say tell them: “I’ve been saving my lips all day just for you!” Then kiss
your love passionately!

Hot and Cold Kiss - Lick your partner’s lips so that they’re warm, and then gently
blow on them. The sudden cold blast makes for a sensual explosion, and they will
often try it on you next, as well as get very passionate.
Mistletoe Kiss - Surprise your lover by capturing them with a gentle holiday kiss
under the mistletoe. This is also a good method for shyer individuals to steal a kiss
from a potential lover.
Letter Kiss - Send your lover a kiss in a love letter by writing the letter x several
times in a row at the bottom of a letter such as XXXXX.
Lick Kiss - Just before kissing, gently run your tongue along you partners lip
whether it be the top or bottom one depending on the position of your lips. Very
sensual.
Lip Sucking Kiss - When kissing gently suck on their lower lip. This can be very
exciting.
Neck Nibble Kiss - Gently nibble up and down your partners neck. End with a gentle
kiss on the lips.
Nip Kiss - This kiss can create a very erotic sensation. While kissing your partner,
ever so gently nibble on their lips. You must be very careful not to bite to hard or
hurt your partner. When done correctly, this kiss ignites wonderful sensations.
Reverse Lips Kiss - It involves standing above your lover and kissing them from over
their head. This way, each kisser can take the hyper-sensitive bottom lip of thier
lover in their mouths, and GENTLY draw blood to the surface of the lip by nibbling
and sucking. A very sensuous, connecting kiss.
Searching The Cavern - Use the lips and tongue to gently tickle and kiss your lover’s
navel. Vary speeds and stroke to change sensation. Invigorating and intoxicating.
Shoulder Kiss - Simply come from behind, embrace her, and kiss the top of her
shoulder. This is a sensual, loving kiss.
Sip Kiss - Take a small sip of your favorite drink. Leaving a little bit of it on your
lips, kiss your partner. It is a unique way to create a sensual feeling and your
partner will enjoy it.
Talking Kiss - Whisper sweet nothings into your partner’s mouth. If caught in the
act, simply say as Chico Marx, “I wasn’t kissing her. I was whispering into her
mouth.”
Teaser Kiss - Starting on the forehead, a sweet short kiss on lips, then move up the
arms up to her hand, kiss her hand, then come back up her arm, to her face and
then lightly kiss her lips till she wants a passionate kiss.
The Buzzing Kiss - Gently place your lips against your lover’s neck , behind their
ear. Now, send a shudder through their skin by gently growling and humming,

vibrating your lips and cheeks as you do so. Move up and down the neck, over the
bones of the face and lips. Stimulating and erotic when done correctly.
The Whipped Cream Kiss - Dip your finger into some cool whip or whipped cream of
your choice. Lick it off slowly, then embrace your partner and kiss them deeply
letting their tongue slip over yours for a wonderfully sweet kiss. It’s very seductive
and passionate.
Tiger Kiss - Quietly sneak up behind your partner making sure they do not know
what you are going to do. Out of the blue, grab them and gently bite their neck.
Make sure to get a few good growls in too. This will surely surprise them.
Trickle Kiss - Take a sip of a favourite drink and trickle it slowly into partner’s
mouth while kissing.
Tongue Sucking - A variation of the French kiss. During an open-mouth kiss gently
suck on your partner’s tongue (not too hard because it may hurt). Very sexy
Quickie Kiss - When you’re in a rush. Often the nose gets it rather than the lips.
Vacuum Kiss - While kissing open-mouthed, slightly suck in as if you were sucking
the air from your partners mouth. This is a playful kiss.
Wake Up Kiss - Before your partner awakes lean over and kiss their cheek and move
over giving soft kisses until you reach their lips. Definitely a more than pleasant way
to wake up!
Virtual Kiss - For Internet lovers. Send an e-card or a kiss via email with this
symbol: :-*
12 You are a garden locked up, my sister, my
bride; you are a spring enclosed, a sealed
fountain.
1. John Karmelich, "I believe in these few sentences, Solomon and the bride are
getting down to “the nitty gritty”, to use an outdated cliché. The poetry here is
using garden word pictures that both she and Solomon comprehend. I believe the
“garden” is a sexual innuendo, referring to the end of her virginity. The particular
fruits, scents and spices mentioned are all wonderful to the taste and smell. To
paraphrase, “Solomon is taking it all in” and describing it in the most wonderful
agricultural-word-pictures he can think of. The point is not to compliment our
brides with agricultural terms. I don’t really want to overanalyze the individual

terms here, as one misses the big picture of seeing the beautiful compliments of the
lovemaking."
2. A garden locked is private and not just anyone can enjoy its beauty, and so she
was his and his alone. Only he could enjoy the exclusive pleasures of her beauty.
This image speaks of virginity, but it also speaks of great sexual potential. The
garden locked (virginity) is still a garden of wonderful promise. The spring sealed
up is still a potential of bliss for the one who unseals it.
3. “A garden enclosed-a spring shut up, a fountain sealed. - Different expressions to
point out the fidelity of the bride, or of the Jewish queen. See the outlines. She is
unsullied, a chaste, pure virgin. None has ever entered into this garden; none has yet
tasted of this spring; the seal of this fountain has never been broken.”
4, “In verse 12, the Loved One praises the Dear One's virginity. The melody is
innocent in tone, almost entirely duple in rhythm; it reminds us of a song for
children! Here, as in 5:1 (after she has surrendered her virginity), he describes her
as "my sister, my bride". His desire for her is totally personal, endowed with filial
and spiritual as well as erotic love. Up to verse 11, the Dear One has not undressed
(or been undressed), save for her veil and necklace (taken off by verse 9); she is still
wearing her (fragrant) garments.13 We think that in verse 12 the Loved One
tenderly, playfully undresses his Loved One in preparation for the intense
intimacies that follow. The playfulness is evident in the melody, not the words (just
as spoken vocal inflections, rather than the words they support, generally indicate a
playful attitude).”
13 Your plants are an orchard of pomegranates
with choice fruits, with henna and nard,
1. This figurative language is making the very sexual experience disguised and
beautiful, for it is not explicit in its picture of love making. It is private and intimate
with the lover enjoying all the fruits of her garden. It is saying something very sexy
without being vulgar about it. It is sensitive language designed not to offend. God
did not inspire Solomon to write trash, but to write in such a way as to communicate
the passion of sexual love without being in bad taste as so many write when they
describe love making.
2. One scholar put it, “No wonder that, in verse 13, the Loved One praises the Dear
One's "plantings" (visible to him for the first time) as "a paradise of "pomegranates
and exquisite fruits, henna and nard plants" (Haïk-Vantoura). Thus, with delicate,
yet rich imagery, he describes, not (as some think) the Dear One's "limbs", but
rather the still-secret places between them, adorned with locks of hair. Each verse in
verses 12-15 (in Haïk-Vantoura's score) is slower in tempo than the one preceding it.
This is as the melos suggests, of course. The Loved One slows down rather than

speeds up as he proceeds toward coition. His self-restraint (to us) is no less than
astounding! Yet this restraint is exactly what the Dear One needs; it gives her time
to be fully aroused.
14 nard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with
every kind of incense tree, with myrrh and aloes
and all the finest spices.
1. What an awesome garden is this girl, for she has every pleasant spice that is
sought to enhance the atmosphere and environment of love. Every molecule of his
body is being flooded with sensations as he caresses her and they are both aroused
to the heights of ecstasy.
15 You are a garden fountain, a well of flowing
water streaming down from Lebanon.
1. She is called a garden fountain, and that means she is the center of the garden,
and the most beautiful part of it all. She is the source of life, for water is that to all
people, and she is flowing water, meaning that she is not a dead puddle, but water
that is alive and flowing, and able to bring life to others.
2. In Prov. 5:15-20, we see water and sexual relations with one’s wife linked
together. To drink of her water is to have sex with her. Solomon wrote there,
“ Drink water from your own cistern,
running water from your own well.
16 Should your springs overflow in the streets,
your streams of water in the public squares?
17 Let them be yours alone,
never to be shared with strangers.
18 May your fountain be blessed,
and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.
19 A loving doe, a graceful deer—
may her breasts satisfy you always,
may you ever be captivated by her love.

20 Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress?
Why embrace the bosom of another man's wife?
3. The above text makes it clear that making love with your wife is portrayed as
drinking water from your own well and your own fountain, and here is this song she
is portrayed as having a great deal to drink, for she is flowing like a mountain
stream in spring, and ready to be consumed. All the foreplay has been successful in
achieving its purpose.
4. “The man now describes his beloved under two metaphors, the locked garden and
the sealed fountain. This shows fairly plainly that this is an appeal for her to open
her pleasures to him. The catalog of exotic spices in this “garden” serves tosuggest
that the pleasures of the woman’s love are abundant and especially that they are
varied; he could never grow bored in such a garden. They do not, however, have
specified symbolic referents, that is, as parts of the woman’s anatomy. The spring of
water is a metaphor for sexual love in Prov 5:15–20. It is difficult to deny that this is
a couple in the process of consummating their marriage.”
16 Awake, north wind, and come, south wind!
Blow on my garden, that its fragrance may spread
abroad. Let my lover come into his garden and
taste its choice fruits.
1. It is hard to avoid the subject of oral sex here, for all the imagery implies he is to
enjoy the pleasure of her garden with his mouth. Taste and smell are part of the love
making. Some frown on such things, but others find it very enjoyable. It is a matter
of taste, but there is nothing in Scripture that would make it out of line in pure love
making. Dillow says she is requesting that he stimulate her garden with caresses to
promote the growth of her passion. He says the female decides when penetration is
best for only she knows when she is ready. If he decides he is always too soon and it
can be bad news.
2. Someone asked this question, ““My wife and I love the Lord with all our hearts,
and we don't want to do anything to sin against Him. Our question is in the area of
oral sex. Is it scripturally wrong for married couples?” The answer on
ChristianAnswers.net was this:
“No where does the Bible forbid it or discuss it. There is no biblical evidence that it
is a sin against God for a husband and wife to express love for each other in this
way. Even the book of Leviticus, which mentions many Old Testament sex-related
prohibitions and rules for the Israelites, never mentions it. We see no reason to
believe that expressing affection for one's mate in this way is forbidden or would
necessarily harm one's walk with God.

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