Who is This

Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, 
perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, 
with all powders of the merchant? 

Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, 
where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: 
for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions? 

Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, 
I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense. 
Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.

Submitted by Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor] and Trevor Weston

Authorship

• by Bible or other Sacred Texts , appears in Song of Songs of Solomon (Canticum Canticorum Salomonis); or Canticle of Canticles, Song of Songs: 3:6, 1:7, 4:6-7 [ author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

• by Trevor Weston (b. 1967), "Who is This", 2002 [soprano and organ], from Love Senses, no. 2. [ sung text not verified ]

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