Charles Ellicott Commentary Song Of Solomon 4:16

"Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; Blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, And eat his precious fruits." — Song Of Solomon 4:16 (ASV)

Blow upon my garden. —After the description of his beloved’s charms under these figures, the poet, under a companion figure, invokes the “airs of love” to blow upon the garden, that its perfumes may “flow out” for him—that the object of his affections may no longer keep herself reserved and denied to him. Tennyson’s melodious lines are recalled which describe how, when a breeze of morning moves,

“The woodbine spices are wafted abroad,
And the musk of the roses blown.”

Let my beloved ...—This should form a separate verse, being the reply made to the appeal in the first part of the verse. The maiden yields to her lover’s suit.