12 My sister, my bride, you are a garden locked up, a spring enclosed, a fountain sealed. 13 Your branches are an orchard of pomegranates with the choicest of fruits, with henna and nard, 14 with nard and saffron, with calamus and cinnamon, with every kind of frankincense tree, with myrrh and aloes, with all the finest spices.
Song of Solomon 4:12–14
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