Commentaries:Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Song of Solomon 1:15
fair—He discerns beauty in her, who had said, "I am black" (Song of Solomon 1:5), because of the everlasting covenant (Psalms 45:11; Isaiah 62:5; Ephesians 1:4-5).
doves' eyes—large and beautiful in the doves of Syria. The prominent features of her beauty (Matthew 10:16), gentleness, innocence, and constant love, emblem of the Holy Ghost, who changes us to His own likeness (Genesis 8:10-11; Matthew 3:16). The opposite kind of eyes (Psalms 101:5; Matthew 20:15; II Peter 2:14).
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