{"id":1697,"date":"2012-02-14T08:00:32","date_gmt":"2012-02-14T13:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/doinglifetogether\/?p=1697"},"modified":"2012-03-03T09:54:55","modified_gmt":"2012-03-03T14:54:55","slug":"can-you-recognize-this-famous-love-poetry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/doinglifetogether\/2012\/02\/can-you-recognize-this-famous-love-poetry.html","title":{"rendered":"Can You Recognize This Famous Love Poetry?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Happy Valentine&#8217;s Day!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here are portions of a famous piece of love poetry. Do you know who wrote it or where it is from? Read it before you look at the bottom for the answer. You might be surprised!<\/p>\n<p><em>Oh, get up, dear friend, <\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0my fair and beautiful lover\u2014come to me!<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Come, my shy and modest dove\u2014 <\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0leave your seclusion, come out in the open.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Let me see your face, <\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0let me hear your voice.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>For your voice is soothing <\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0and your face is ravishing.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Your smile is generous and full\u2014 <\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0expressive and strong and clean.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Your lips are jewel red, <\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0your mouth elegant and inviting, <\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0your veiled cheeks soft and radiant.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>The smooth, lithe lines of your neck <\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0command notice\u2014all heads turn in awe and admiration!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>The sweet, fragrant curves of your body, <\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0the soft, spiced contours of your flesh<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Invite me, and I come. I stay <\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0until dawn breathes its light and night slips away.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>You&#8217;re beautiful from head to toe, my dear love, <\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0beautiful beyond compare, absolutely flawless.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>What did you guess?<\/p>\n<p>How many of you got it right?<\/p>\n<p>Song of Solomon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Valentine&#8217;s Day! Here are portions of a famous piece of love poetry. Do you know who wrote it or where it is from? Read it before you look at the bottom for the answer. You might be surprised! Oh, get up, dear friend, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0my fair and beautiful lover\u2014come to me! 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