 | Ralph Erskine - English poetry - 1849 - 558 pages
...which were not my people, Thou art my people ; and they shall say, Thou art my God. i Song i. 5. I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem,...as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. 1 Tim. i. 15. This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into... | |
 | Robert Southey - Anecdotes - 1849 - 756 pages
...THE tents are usually black, that being the colour of the goats from whose hair they are made. " I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem,...as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon." — PIETBO DELLA \ \ i .1 L ,. [Persian Notion that no House endtireth which is built by Oppression.]... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1849 - 710 pages
...THE tents are usually black, that being the colour of the goats from whose hair they are made. " I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem,...as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon." — PIETHO DELLA VALLE. [Persian Notion that no House endureth which is built by Oppression."] " TUE... | |
 | 834 pages
...become a Christian in spite of myself." SATUROAY NIGHT. A TEXT FOR OUH TEACHES. September 1863. Sept. 5. They made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept. —Song i. 6. The Lord hath been mindful of us ; he will bless us. — Ps. cxv. 12. Praying always .... that... | |
 | Leone Ross - Fiction - 2001 - 244 pages
...use his Spidey sense and he'd know who was a bad 'un and he would leave all them bad folks alone. 'I am black, but comely, o ye daughters of Jerusalem,...because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me. . . ' When Spiderman declined the offer and continued to burn, Mikey wasn't surprised. Nothing good... | |
 | Gareth Knight - Body, Mind & Spirit - 2001 - 644 pages
...these encounters, for its real meaning undoubtedly refers to the dark aspects of the Moon goddess; "I am black, but comely. O ye daughters of Jerusalem,...because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me . . ." 23. Solomon and Huram are two examples of magical figures where, although historically certain... | |
 | Anand Prahlad - Proverbs, Jamaican - 2001 - 332 pages
...biblical folk were Africans. These include, for instance, the first chapter of the Songs of Solomon: "I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem,...as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon" (1:5); and "Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me" (1:6). Other... | |
 | Stephen D. Moore - Religion - 2001 - 374 pages
...Consider the targum of Song 1:5 (which verse Gollancz, following the King James Version, renders as: "I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon"),'8 in which the contrast between Israel's promised perfection, on the one hand, and her threatened... | |
 | Christina Rossetti - Poetry - 2001 - 1284 pages
...pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage' (Ps. 16:6). 1 My vineyard that is mine I hone to hup 'they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept' (Song of So1. 1:6). 11 thy desert bloom not as the rose see note for 1. 158 of 'From House to Home'. 12 palm... | |
 | Arthur W. Pink - Religion - 2001 - 220 pages
...4. It is high time the Christian reader set to this heart work in real earnest. Do not you lament, "They made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept" (Song of Sol. 1:16)? Then away with fruitless controversies and idle questions; away with empty names and vain... | |
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I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, As the tents of Kedar, As the curtains of Solomon ! Look not upon me, because I am black, Because the sun hath looked upon me : My mother's children were angry with me ; They made me the keeper of the... 
