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'Winter is past'
Her lover calls: Rise up, my beauty, for winter is past, flowers appear, the doves coo, and the fig and vine are in bloom.
Love as springtime.
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The passage invites her to emerge and blossom along with the land.
Bible reference: Song of Songs 2:11–13
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 441
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