The song begins with two stanzas in praise of the king (who is now absent), sung by a chorus of virgins from the royal household. Commentators, bot…

The king hath brought me. —The dramatic theory of the poem (see Excursus II.) has been largely built up on inter…

The song of songs, which is Solomon's. Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for your love is better than wine. Because of the savour o…

Draw me With the cords of love, for what draws lovers to each other more strongly? Under the influence of that they canno…

The church, or rather the believer, speaks here in the character of the spouse of the King, the Messiah. The kisses of his mouth mean those assuran…