[5]. Turn away thine eyes from me, &c. These awe-inspiring hosts are described as concentrated in her eyes, which [[173]]Solomon implores the Shulamite to remove from him. “The artillery of the eyes,” says Dr. Good, in loco, “is an idea common to poets of every nation.” Thus Anacreon, xvi.
Σὺ μὲν λέγεις τὰ Θήβης,
Ὁ δ’ αὖ Φρυγῶν ἀϋτάς·
Ἐγὼ δ’ ἐμὰς ἁλώσεις.
Οὐχ ἵππος ὤλεσέν με,
Οὐ πεζὸς, οὐχὶ νῆες·
Στρατὸς δὲ καινὸς ἄλλος,
Ἀπ’ ὀμμάτων με βάλων.
“Sing thou of Thebes—let others tell
How Troy’s foundations rose and fell;