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The adult woman rests in apple-tree shade with fruit and a distant house of wine, an unlettered cloth above.
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Song of Songs 2:3-4

Shade and Love

Rise Up and Come Away · Song of Songs 2

Story guide: The woman compares her beloved to an apple tree that offers shade and sweet fruit, then speaks of wine and love's banner. Notice the sheltering branches and the apple she holds. The picture connects affection with refreshment and welcome; the tree describes what being near him feels like.

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3Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the young men. I longed to sit in his shade, and sat down, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

4He brought me into the house of wine, and his banner over me was love.

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