Quasi cedrus exaltata sum in Libanon et quasi
cupressus in monte Sion. Quasi palma exaltata
sum in Gades et quasi plantatio rosae in Jericho.
Quasi uliva speciosa in campis et quasi platanus
exaltata sum juxta aquam in plateis. Sicut
cinnamomum et balsamum aromatizans odorem
dedi et quasi myrrha electa dedi suavitatem
odoris.
His sin, which had covered him from the sight of God, had led him nearer to the refuge of sinners.Her eyes seemed to regard him with mild pity; her holiness, a strange light glowing faintly upon her frail flesh, did not humiliate the sinner who approached her. If ever he was impelled to cast sin from him and to repent the impulse that moved him was the wish to be her knight. If ever his soul, re-entering her dwelling shyly after the frenzy of his body's lust had spent itself, was turned towards her whose emblem is the morning star, "bright and musical, telling of heaven and infusing peace," it was when her names were murmured softly by lips whereon there still lingered foul and shameful words, the savour itself of a lewd kiss.