Today's Earth Prayer

Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.

For lo, the winter is passed, the rain is over and gone;

The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is

          come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;

The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the

tender grape give a good smell.  Arise, my love, my fair one,

and come away.

O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of

the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice;

for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.

 

–       The Song of Solomon 2:10 –14, KJV

 

I’ve always been fond of The Song of Solomon.  I think it’s some of the loveliest poetry in the Bible.