My beloved is white and ruddy The white may denote his pure and spotless innocence, and the ruddy colour, his bloody passion. His head is as the most fine gold It shines like gold, by reason of the crown of pure gold upon his head. We need not aim at a distinct application of this and the following particulars unto some special excellences of Christ, because such things are mere conjectures, and the only design of this description is to set forth the beauty of Christ under the notion of a most amiable person, in whom there is no defect or blemish, from the crown of his head to the sole of his feet. His eyes, the eyes of doves Lovely and pleasant, chaste and innocent. By rivers of waters Where they delight to abide. Washed with milk The doves, not their eyes, were of a white colour. His cheeks His face or countenance, an eminent part whereof is the cheeks; are as a bed of spices Of aromatic flowers, which delight both the eye with a pleasant prospect, and the smell with their fragrancy. His lips are like lilies Beautiful and pleasant; dropping sweet-smelling myrrh Not only grateful to the eye, as lilies are, but also fragrant to the smell.
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Song of Solomon 5:10-13
10 My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefestc among ten thousand.
11 His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy,d and black as a raven.
12 His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set.
13 His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers:e his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.