AHINOAM

I am the queen Ahinoam.

Like the throat of a soft slain lamb

Was my throat, softer veined than his:

My lips were as two grapes the sun

Lays his whole weight of heat upon

Like a mouth heavy with a kiss:

My hair's pure purple a wrought fleece,

My temples therein as a piece

Of a pomegranate's cleaving is.

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