 | Elizabeth Dewing Kaup - 1911 - 528 pages
...of fine gold. . . ." She quotes : " My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten housand. His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters — " Perhaps she was right, perhaps he was a symbol. Every one we know is so for us ; they represent... | |
 | Henry Thatcher Fowler - 1912 - 424 pages
...encomium as : — My beloved is white and ruddy, The chiefest among ten thousand. His head is as the most fine gold ; His locks are bushy, and black as a raven. His eyes are like doves beside the water-brooks, Washed with milk, and fitly set. His cheeks are as a bed of spices,... | |
 | Moncure Daniel Conway, Robert Allen Armstrong - 1916 - 216 pages
...imagery : "My beloved is white and ruddy, The chiefest among ten thousand. His head is as the most tine gold; His locks are bushy, and black as a raven. His eyes are like doves beside the water-brooks, Washed with milk and fitly set. His cheeks are as a bed of spices,... | |
 | Mary Aldis - 1918 - 388 pages
...gorgeous?" " 'My beloved is white and ruddy, The chiefest among ten thousand. His head is as the most fine gold, His locks are bushy and black as a raven. His eyes are like doves beside the water brooks; Washed with milk and fitly set. His cheeks are as a bed of spices,... | |
 | Mark O'Dea - 1922 - 152 pages
...MRS. SYKES "My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand. His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy and black as a raven....His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of water, washed with milk, and fitly set. His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers. His lips... | |
 | Paul Edward Kretzmann - 1924 - 748 pages
...preciousness, His locks are bushy, like the waving fronds of the date-palm, and black as a raven. V. 12. the direction of some priest or master, eating swine's fl full of lustrous brightness, washed with milk, to enhance their beauty, and fitly set, literally, "sitting... | |
 | Aleksandr Ivanovich Kuprin - 1923 - 172 pages
...this is for thee, my beloved. My beloved is the chiefest among ten thousand, his head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven. His lips are most sweet; yea, he is all desire. This is my beloved, and this is my brother, O daughters... | |
 | Paul Edward Kretzmann - 1924 - 752 pages
...preciousness, His locks are bushy, like the waving fronds of the date-palm, and black as a raven. V. 12. His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, full of lustrous brightness, washed with milk, to enhance their beauty, and fitly set, literally, "sitting... | |
 | University of North Dakota - 1920 - 496 pages
...us? MAIDEN My beloved is glowing and ruddy, The chiefest among ten thousand. His head is as the most fine gold, His locks are bushy, and black as a raven. His eyes are like doves' Sitting beside streams of milk;*1 His cheeks are as a bed of spices, like sweet flowers:... | |
 | 1932 - 404 pages
...alms. He picked up some money and jewellery. . . . Impatiently Adriana murmured The Song of Songs: "His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters ... his lips like lilies, dropping sweet-smelling myrrh. . . ." As he left his room Alexis stumbled... | |
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My beloved is white and ruddy, The chiefest among ten thousand. His head is as the most fine gold, His locks are bushy, and black as a raven. 
