23  A Song of Solomon

Refrain:

All   Many waters cannot quench love;

neither can the floods drown it.

1    Set me as a seal upon your heart,  

as a seal upon your arm;

2    For love is strong as death, passion fierce as the grave;  

its flashes are flashes of fire, a raging flame.

3    Many waters cannot quench love,  

neither can the floods drown it.

4    If all the wealth of our house were offered for love,  

it would be utterly scorned.

cf Song of Solomon 8.6,7

All   Glory to the Father and to the Son

and to the Holy Spirit;

as it was in the beginning is now

and shall be for ever. Amen.

All   Many waters cannot quench love;

neither can the floods drown it.

 

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