. The land and the Book; or, Biblical illustrations drawn from the manners and customs, the scenes and scenery of the Holy Land . eld, that ye stir not up nor awake my love till he please.*We shall meet these graceful gazelles all through Syria andPalestine, and the more you see of them the greater will beyour admiration. Solomon is not alone in his and Arab poets abound in references to them. Thefair ones of these fervid sons of song are often compaivd tothe coy gazelle that comes by night and jxistiors upon theirhearts. These cruel gazelles, with graceful gait and liquid S
. The land and the Book; or, Biblical illustrations drawn from the manners and customs, the scenes and scenery of the Holy Land . eld, that ye stir not up nor awake my love till he please.*We shall meet these graceful gazelles all through Syria andPalestine, and the more you see of them the greater will beyour admiration. Solomon is not alone in his and Arab poets abound in references to them. Thefair ones of these fervid sons of song are often compaivd tothe coy gazelle that comes by night and jxistiors upon theirhearts. These cruel gazelles, with graceful gait and liquid Soup i. 5. Sonjr ii- S, 9. Sonp ii. 17. * Sonp iii. 5. 252 THE LAND AND THE BOOK. eye, are found in other lands, and graze on other heartsbesides those of Persian poets. The sacred writers frequent-ly mention gazelles under the various names of harts, roes,and hinds. They are celebrated for their activity. ThusJacob says of Naphtali, He is a hind let loose, ^ and hisniountains abound in gazelles to this day. Asahel waslight of foot as a wild roe.^ And David sings, He makethmy feet like hinds feet, and setteth me upon my high. places.^ I liave often stopped to admire the grace, andease, and fearless security with which these pretty animalsbound along the high places of the mountains. They areamiable, affectionate, and loving, by universal testimony;and accordingly Solomon says. Let her—the wnfe of thy3outh—be as the loying hind and pleasant roe;* and no Gen. xlix. ■ 2 Sam. xxii. .^4. » 2 18.* Prov. V. 19. GAZELLES—THE KASIMIEH. 253 sweeter comparison can be found. It is implied in Jere-miah xiv. 5 that the hind is particularly fond of her young,for the prophet illustrates the severity of the threateneddearth and famine by declaring that the very hinds forsooktheir young in the field, because there was no grass, Davidcompares his longing for the living God to the panting ofthe hart for the water-brooks.^ I have seen large flocks ofthese panting harts gather ro
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