Texts · 28 · The Poet
'Your teeth like a flock of shorn ewes'
The lover praises teeth like washed ewes all bearing twins, lips like a scarlet thread, cheeks like halves of a pomegranate.
Ancient love poetry, vivid and strange.
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His imagery draws on the landscape and life of the homeland.
Bible reference: Song of Songs 4:2–3
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 439
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