1 I am the rose of Sharon,
and the lily of the valleys.
As the lily among thorns,
so is my love among the daughters.
As the apple tree among the trees of the wood,
so is my beloved among the sons.
[I sat down under his shadow with great delight,
and his fruit was sweet to my taste.]1
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Songs of the Rose of Sharon
Song Cycle by John La Montaine (1920 - 2013)
1. I am the rose of Sharon  [sung text checked 1 time]
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- by Bible or other Sacred Texts , no title, appears in Song of Songs of Solomon / Canticle of Canticles (KJV), no. 2
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- a text in Latin by Bible or other Sacred Texts , no title, appears in Canticum Canticorum Salomonis (Song of Songs of Solomon), no. 2
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View original text (without footnotes)1 omitted by La Montaine (the setting ends "...among the sons.")
2 omitted by Skempton.
3 omitted by Purcell, with "Alleluia" appended. (The setting ends "... and I am his. Alleluia.")
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2. I sat down under his shadow  [sung text checked 1 time]
I sat down under his shadow I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste. He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love. Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.
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Researcher for this page: Ashly Evans3. His left hand is under my head  [sung text checked 1 time]
His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.
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Researcher for this page: Ashly Evans4. Oh my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock  [sung text checked 1 time]
Oh my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is ty voice, and thy countenance is comely.
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Researcher for this page: Ashly Evans5. My beloved is mine, and I am his  [sung text checked 1 time]
My beloved is mine, and I am his My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies. Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.
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Researcher for this page: Ashly Evans6. The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh  [sung text checked 1 time]
The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh The voice of my beloved! Behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills. My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice. my beloved spake, and said unto me...
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Researcher for this page: Ashly Evans7. Rise up, my love my fair one and come away  [sung text checked 1 time]
Rise up, my love my fair one and come away Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come way. For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; the fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, love, my fair one, and come away.
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Researcher for this page: Ashly Evans