And maidens without number;

9 But she is my only one, my dove, my perfect beauty,

She, the delight of her mother,

She, the darling of her parent! [[174]]

The damsels saw her and praised her;

The queens also, and the concubines, and extolled her thus:

10 “Who is she that looks forth as the morn,

Beautiful as the moon, bright as the sun,

Awe-inspiring as bannered hosts?”

THE SHULAMITE.