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Song of Songs 2:12

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12

The flowers appear on the earth. The time of the singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.

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Verse 12. Pruning. Prot. “singing of birds.” Bible.—But the former version is better. Septuagint Sym. and so forth—Turtle. Which returns in spring. Isaiah 8:9. Calmet.—It denotes the preaching of the gospel, (Saint Cyril ador. 15.) or rather the sighs of a holy soul in exile.

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