<p class="poetry">nard and saffron;p> <p class="poetry">calamus and cinnamon with every kind of spice,p> <p class="poetry">myrrh and aloes with all the finest spices.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Your neck is like the tower<n id="1" /> of Davidp> <p class="poetry">built with courses of stones;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">one thousand shields are hung on it &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">all shields of valiant warriors.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The mandrakes<n id="1" /> send out their fragrance;p> <p class="poetry">over our door is every delicacy,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">both new and old, which I have stored up for you, my lover.p>

<p class="poetry">Surging waters cannot quench love;p> <p class="poetry">floodwaters<n id="1" /> cannot overflow it.p> <p class="poetry">If someone were to offer all his possessions<n id="2" /> to buy love,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">the offer<n id="4" /> would be utterly despised.<n id="5" />p>