Canticle of Canticles 2:12
Alleluia, alleluia. ℣. The flowers have appeared in our land, the time of pruning is come. Alleluia
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Verse 12. Pruning. Prot. “singing of birds.” H. — But the former version is better. Sept. Sym. &c. — Turtle. Which returns in spring. Is. viii. 9. C. — It denotes the preaching of the gospel, (S. Cyr. ador. 15.) or rather the sighs of a holy soul in exile.