Song of Songs: Or, Sacred Idyls

by John Mason Good

Excerpt from Song of Or, Sacred Idyls

The Song of Songs has hitherto been generally regarded as one continued and individual poem 5 either as an epithalamium. (oaptd'tog nuptialz's), ao companied, in its recitation, with appropriate music; or a regular drama, divisible, and at first clearly di vided, into distinct acts or periods. Since the com mentary of the learned and elegant Bossuet, bishop of Meabh, upon this admirable pastoral - and more especially since the confirmation of his ingenious con jecture,by that excellentcritic the late bishop Lowth the latter Opinion has more generally prevailed; and the poem has been arranged into seven parts; one being appropriated to every day of the bridal. Week, or period of time allotted among the Hebrews for the celebration of the nuptial solemnity.

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250 pages, Paperback

First published September 27, 2015

About the author

John Mason Good, an English writer on medical, religious and classical subjects, was born at Epping, Essex.