Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1830-01-29

Sear,-Wiere all inc men urc suOHg, anu jill ti'o
women are fair,--where the inhabitants of the
earth IRE clothed in scarlet and dvell in houses
of cedar, thou shalt be tho wife ofmy own boz
som, thou shalt DC adorned with all manner of
beautiful garments, thou shalt visit the assem-
tlies Of the people in chariots ofpurple drawn
by horses of milk, thou shalt be the chie(est a
mong ten thousand of the daughters OF the land, |
and shalt sit with the inaidens of the queen at
the great feas.s in the palace Of the king.
Then shc answered and said unto him, Thy
head is liho tho rock of sapphirah, ting is
like tho cypress of Bukak, the sound of thy lips
u like the falling of the waters in stony places,
ana thy words ere like the voices Of birds when
they give food to their young in the nests among
the branches. Thy tale Is the tale of truth, thy
land Is the land Of delights thy brothers arc like
nigh codars OF the mountains, and thy sisters
Ike the yellow flowers that swim upon the still
waters ofthe vsliUys. If thou wilt remain In
my land, will make thy bed in my tent, will
cleanse thy garments in the fountains, and will
slay the latest ofmy lambs and pluck the
rcddest ofmy fruits that thou mayst cat when
thou art hungry No.n whom thou art weary and
rejoice with the wfe of Thy youth. / know that
am black with the heat of the Sun, but the
shepherds call mo beautiful. When lodt-e in
my white tent among the rcd flowers of the
plain, with my lambs and my young goats a
round me- my lsmbs ere at tmes stiff with the
dews of night; but whsn the Sun come.h from
the east mountains in the brightness of his
strength, and in the glory of his power, I leap
Nike the young ram upon the rocks, and run like
the roe by the willows of the pools of Mulphaz
j viii look upon thee with the eyes Of love,
will kiss thee with the lips of desire, thou shalt
BIO the bright star of my dream of delight in the
dark hour when the moon walke,h in the cloud.
OF the tirmanent Bnt cannot forsakc my mo-
Their, and my father, my sisters, and my brothers
and the damsels with whom have danced in
the dances of three hundred and sixty new
moons, To go with thee To the far counties ctbs
south, and to the ends of tho whole earth III
should go with thee, my mother would be a
mouncr all tn. days of her long life ard nv
little sisters, that bring unto me my bread and
milk when tarry all the day in tho plans
would weep for me until their eyes could ween
no longer, and would go down with sorrow to
tho dark caverns of the tombs in the wakin,
time Of the morning of the day of their youth
My father would cry, o my daughter, where arr
thou gone and my brothers would cry, O sister
wilt thou not return Shall we no more 500 tho
hre OF thy eye, and hear tho music of INV
tongue Thy lambs cry aloud for thee in the
desert, thy goats run wildupon the cliffs and the
virgins lament for :heo when they meet in ,roons
TO gather pomegranatcs on the hills, when the
winds ian the trees. Tho daughters of tho
villages would weep until the fountains of their
tears were dry, because had turned aside from
the path of good to the way of evil, and had
brought Disgrace upon the pure name of the
virgins OF the land. i.o have lived E,-tv.four
years, and no young damsel of our tribe has bce
changed into the wife Of man and the motber
OF child: unit. she has lived fcrtyeight wears
upon the face Of the earth will not 90 with
thee TO thy land and thy people, and know ,l,.
Thou Will not tary with ME in The land
o' my people. in'I wilt be happy in the
arms of one Of the daughters of the Sim br, :
VI" mourn all the days OF the year 10y the vii.
lows OF the brooks and in the shadows of the
mountains When thou art gone from nc, and
S''ai KNOW that thou wilt sec ns no mora for
ever my head will he hot, and my heart will 10
eoid' and The basn;y of my face will! sado and
become yellow as the lear of tho oak in tho
'uIPPinG season and will 20 alone to The DARK
alley.
we niuss make another cT!ract in v:i:c,, orc
IA mech, a g gay Loihcrio" OF the world bsr,-.
the flood, is brought before US in The cb,r,c,or
ofa suffer for the affections Of his neicbborr, =.
wife.
And Las:ach spoAa words of lore unto Azsl.
lab, ono OF tho wives of Ts,lnn - And bo
found her alone in the BOOTH spake words of ho
ney unto her, and praised the beauty of her coun
tenance, and kissed her with MANI k;sses And
he said unto hcr,--Thou art fair, nv beloved
as the morning without clouds, as tho falIow deer
among the bushes of the wilderness. Tbv hair
is like lines of light from the Sun, shining h..
tween inc leaves OF the palm trees, upon the
green grass and yellow flowers in The sbadop-
my neck is Ike the altar of white stone on the
hill Harcz, Thy head is like tho moon when il
faleth up its Horns. Thy arms are like white
branches OF the poplar, thy feet like round stones
OF the brook, thy nose like the fruit of The no,
Tree, thy eyes like two evening stars Go with
me, my beloved, to the plains of the east. to tbc
mountains OF Ccdars TO the brooks of honey to
The rivers OF milk, to the region of beauty, and
TO the land ofplenty | will cover thee with
garments of beautiful skins, and garment, of
white wool Of the lambs of tho Aock-Tbou
shalt ridc upon sPeckled horses, upon The b,cks
OF uncorns. Thou shalt be loaded with or,,
mcnts Of gold of IIavilah, thou shalt dwell w;,b
ponop in the tents Of Jsbal shall sinc so,rs &c
the night to those ofthy beauty, with mus;cI r.
tn" harp and organ resembling from caves Of
the mountains.
Then Azolidh answered and said unto II.
moch,-hnowost not thou that it is great
sin Tor thee to speak unto me tho word.
Of love; and that i: is n grea. sin TO mo
to listcnto thy wicked speech Art not ,bou
Tic husband of two wives, of Adah the whit,
and of Zillah the black Indeed thou A., e,;-
and lemon is black ; thou art high. and ho :.
low : thou art strong, aud nc is weak ,bo, 49,,
rich, and he is not rich; thou hast much COLI
aud ne ba, no gold thou hast many can,eIs ,nJ
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