“Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.”
Song of Solomon 2:5 (KJV) |
Song of Solomon 2:5
From Song of Solomon 2, in the Book of Song of Solomon (Old Testament).
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As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
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He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.
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Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.
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His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.
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I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.