Biblical IdylsRichard Green Moulton Macmillan, 1896 - 149 pages |
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... , Go , return each of you to her mother's house : the LORD deal kindly with you , as ye have dealt with the dead , and with me . The LORD grant you that ye may find rest , each of you in the house of her husband . 51 I ...
... , Go , return each of you to her mother's house : the LORD deal kindly with you , as ye have dealt with the dead , and with me . The LORD grant you that ye may find rest , each of you in the house of her husband . 51 I ...
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... the living and to the dead . And Naomi said unto her , The man is nigh of kin unto us , one of our near kinsmen . And Ruth the Moabitess said , Yea , he said unto me , Thou shalt keep fast by my young men , until they 55 Idyls Ruth.
... the living and to the dead . And Naomi said unto her , The man is nigh of kin unto us , one of our near kinsmen . And Ruth the Moabitess said , Yea , he said unto me , Thou shalt keep fast by my young men , until they 55 Idyls Ruth.
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... dead , to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance . And the near kinsman said , I cannot redeem it for myself , lest I mar mine own inheri- tance : take thou my right of redemption on thee ; for I cannot redeem it . Now this ...
... dead , to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance . And the near kinsman said , I cannot redeem it for myself , lest I mar mine own inheri- tance : take thou my right of redemption on thee ; for I cannot redeem it . Now this ...
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... dead upon his inheritance , that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren , and from the gate of his place : ye are witnesses this day . And all the people that were in the gate , and the elders , said , We are ...
... dead upon his inheritance , that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren , and from the gate of his place : ye are witnesses this day . And all the people that were in the gate , and the elders , said , We are ...
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... dead , Mordecai took her for his own daughter . So it came to pass , when the king's commandment and his decree was heard , and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace , to the custody of Hegai , that Esther was ...
... dead , Mordecai took her for his own daughter . So it came to pass , when the king's commandment and his decree was heard , and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace , to the custody of Hegai , that Esther was ...
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alms angel Antique Metre antistrophe art thou Azarias banquet Bath-rabbim beauty begat Behold beloved blessed Boaz Book Book of Esther brethren bride BRIDEGROOM brother Brother Azarias buried captive child daughter in law daughters of Jerusalem dialogue dramatic dream Ecbatana epic Esther the queen flock Gabael gave give gladness glean go with thee Haman Hammedatha hath heart Hebrew honour husband Israel Jerusalem Jews king Ahasuerus KING SOLOMON king's gate kinsman Lebanon Lord lyric idyl maiden mercy Moab month Adar mother in law myrrh Naomi Nineveh passage poem poetry princes Purim Raguel Raphael rejoice righteous royal Ruth Sarah shew Shulammite Shushan the palace smell Solomon's Song sons soul loveth spake story Strophes Strophes of three symbolism thereof Thine eyes things thou art fair thou hast thou shalt three strains Tobias Tobit tribe tribe of Naphtali unto Esther unto the king Vashti vineyard wedding feast wine women words young Zeresh
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Page 15 - 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 vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Page 17 - I will rise now, and go about the city In the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth : I sought him, but I found him not.
Page 15 - The voice of my beloved ! behold he cometh Leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills. My beloved is like a roe or a young hart : Behold, he standeth behind our wall, He looketh forth at the windows, Shewing himself through the lattice.
Page 41 - Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field ; Let us lodge in the villages. Let us get up early to the vineyards; Let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, And the pomegranates bud forth: There will I give thee my loves.
Page 45 - Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm : for love is strong as death ; jealousy is cruel as the grave : the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame...
Page xvii - Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions ? 8 If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds
Page 11 - 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.
Page 126 - BECAUSE of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.
Page 8 - I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.
Page 46 - We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts : What shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for? If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: And if she be a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.