Arise thou North-wind

Arise thou Northwind from the North
And from the South, thou Southwind blow:
Upon my Garden breath ye forth
That to my spices (there I grow,)
From thence abundantly may flow
And to thy Garden come my Dear
To eat thy fruits of pleasure there

My Sister, and espoused Peer
Unto my Garden I am come:
My Spice I gather'd with my Myrrh:
I ate my Honey in the Comb
And drunk my Wine with Milk among
Come Friends, and Best belov'd of me
Come, eat, and drink, and merry be

I slept, but yet my heart did wake:
It is my Love I knocking hear:
It was his Voice, and thus he spake:
Come open unto me, my Dear, My Love
My Dove, my Spotless-Peer:
For, with the Dew my Head is dight;
My Locks with droppings of the Night

I rose unto my Love to ope
And from my Hands distilled Myrrh;
Pure Myrrh did from my fingers drop
Upon the handles of the Bar
But, then departed was my Dear
When by his Voice I knew 'twas he
My heart was like to faint in me

I sought; but seen he could not be:
I call'd but heard no answer sound
The City Watchmen met with me
As they were walking of the Round
And gave me stripes that made a wound:
Yea, they that watch and ward the Wall
Ev'n they have tookeaway my Veil