I Am the Rose of Sharon

Music by Doug Howell, lyrics by Hannah Hurnard (based on The Song of Solomon)

I am the Rose of Sharon
a wild anemone
as lily ‘mong the thorn trees
so is my love to me

an apple tree ‘mong wild trees
my love is in my sight
I sit down in his shadow
his fruit is my delight

he brought me to his palace
and to the banquet hall
to share with me his greatness
I who am least of all

oh, give me help and comfort
for I am sick with shame
unfit to be his consort
unfit to bear his name

I charge you, oh, ye daughters
ye roes among the trees
stir not my sleeping loved one
to love me e’er he please

℗ © 1983 Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. and Eden Records, assigned to Creative Measures. The title Hinds’ Feet On High Places, the American edition of the book, and jacket front cover logo © 1977 by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. Album cover art courtesy of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.