Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for your love is better than wine.
All Commentaries on Song of Songs 1:2 Go To Song of Songs 1
George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Ointments. The bosom used to be perfumed. (Athen. xv. 5., and xv. 14.)
Thy name. Thou thyself. The preaching of the gospel produced a wonderful change in the world, 2 Corinthians ii. 15. (Calmet)
The Church honours the name of Jesus on the second Sunday after the Epiphany. (A. Butler, p. 130.) (Haydock)
Thee. The martyrs and Christian virgins are inflamed with divine love.