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SONGS OF EXILE
A SONG
OF
LOVE
The author of A Song of Love is unknown. It is a Sabbath morning hymn recited between Passover and Pentecost. It takes the not unusual form of a dialogue between God and Israel.
Stanza 1, line 9, Ruth iii, 13.
Stanza 2, line 9, Jeremiah xxxii, 8.
Stanza 4, line 9, Genesis xli, 13.
Stanza 5, line 3, "Tried in the furnace blaze of dire affliction," Isaiah xlviii, 10; line 8, Genesis xxix, 19.
Stanza 6, line 9, Genesis xxix, 2.
Stanza 7, line 9, Ruth iii, 10.
Stanza 9, line 4, Psalm lxviii, 30.
