...chambers. , , We will be glad and rejoice : in thee. Look not upon me becaufe 1 am black, becaufe the fun hath looked upon me : my mother's children were angry with me. They made me a keeper of the vineyards : but mine own vineyard have I not kept. Tell me, O thou whom my foul loveth,...

...notes* we give the following passage from what is called the first Idyl, in our common version " 1 am black but comely, " O ye daughters of Jerusalem,...the tents of " Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon." Canticles v. ch. i. ver. o. 5 " Brown am I, but comely, Oyc daughters of Jerusalem ! " As the tents...

...We will celebrate thy love more than wine : The upright love thee. SPOUSE. 5 Dark am I, but comely, ye daughters of Jerusalem, As the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. 6 Gaze not upon me because I am black — Because the sun hath beamed on me. R My mother's *sons were...

...thy quickening Spirit continually breathe the life of God into my heart, and I shall live to thee. " I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem,...as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon." What is man, that he should be clean ? and he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous...

...more than wine : the upright 5 love thee. I [am] black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jeru6 salem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon....upon me, because I [am] black, because the sun hath look* ed upon me : my mother's children were angry with me ; they made me the keeper of the vineyards...

...passed over it, when its head is heavy with the drops of mght," is almost entirely scriptural. — Look not upon me because I am black ; because the sun hath looked upon me. So¡union's Song, i. 6. As the sun shineth in hts strength, Rev. i. 16. As the flower of the field...

...which are looked upon by them •as master-pieces of eloquence. No. 1042.— SOLOMON'S SONG i. 5. 1 am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem,...as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. MODERN tents are sometimes very beautiful. " The Turks spare for nothing in rendering their tents convenient...

...master-pieces of eloquence. HARJIER, vol. iv. p. 70. No. 1042 SOLOMON'S SONG i. 5. / am black, but'comely, 0 ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon* MODERN tents are sometimes' very beautiful. " The Turks spare for nothing in rendering their tents...

...; for all of tliy righteous oned, both angels and saints, are inflamed with the love of thee. I. 5 /am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem,...as the tents of Kedar, 'as the curtains of Solomon. Never upbraid me, O ye Foreign Congregations, that I seem, in outward appearance, discoloured by my...

...the love ofthee. the pure and holy souls of the faithful place their whole affection upon thce. I. 5 /am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Ktdar, as the curtams of Solomon. Never upbraid me, O ye Foreign Congregations, that I seem, in outward...