Song of Songs

Photo by S. Auberle

"My beloved spake, and said unto me,

rise up my love, my fair one, and come away.

For lo, the winter is past,

the rain is over and gone;

the flowers appear on the earth,

the time of the singing of birds is come,

and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;

the fig tree putteth forth her green figs,

and the vine with the tender grape

gives a good smell.

Arise my love, my fair one, and come away.

~ Song of Songs

Verses 10-13