| Song of Songs |
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| also known as Song of Solomon |
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| THE FIRST LOVE OF ALL Two little children, seeing and hearing, Hand in hand wander, shout, laugh, and sing, Lie in their bosoms, wild with the marvel, Love, like the crocus, is come ere the Spring. Young men and women, noble and tender, Yearn for each other faith truly plight, Promise to cherish, comfort and honor; Vow that makes duty one with delight. Of, but the glory, found in no story, Radiance of Eden unquenched by the Fall; Few may remember, none may reveal it, This is the first first-love, the first love of all. Coventry Patmore, 1853 |