A bundle of myrrh is my beloved unto me; he shall lie all night between my breasts.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Cyprus. A shrub with leaves like the olive-tree, and fruit growing in clusters, of a very agreeable smell. See Pliny, xii. 24. Christ has given us his sacred blood on the cross, and in the blessed Eucharist. (Menochius)
