The Shulamite
Banks of scented herbs.
His lips are lilies,
Dripping liquid myrrh.
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Song of Solomon 5:12
His eyes are as the eyes of doves - See on Song of Songs 4:1 (note).
Washed with milk - The white of the eye, exceedingly white. By the use of stibium, in the East, the eye is rendered very beautiful; and receives such a lustre from the use of this article, that, to borrow the expression of a late traveler, "their eyes appear to be swimming in bliss." I believe this expression to be the meaning of the text.
Fitly set - Or, as the margin, very properly, sitting in fullness; not sunk, not contracted.
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