Better, A loving hind (is she) and pleasant roe. As in the whole circle of Arab and Persian poetry the antelope and the gazelle are the ch…

Drink waters out of thine own cistern ...—In these verses Solomon urges his disciples to follow after purity in the married life; …

[Let her be as] the loving hind and pleasant roe
That is, the wife of youth; let her always appear to you as amiable…

Lawful marriage is a means God has appointed to keep from these destructive vices. But we are not properly united, unless we attend to God's word, …