been written. It speaks also, as the mystics have always seen, about love between the human soul and God. Further, the poem uses language and symbols that elsewhere in the Bible represent the love that obtains between God and Israel. And finally, it evokes in striking images the beautiful earth; more specifically, it evokes the geography and the flora and fauna of Israel. The land is not only the setting for the love encounter; it also becomes an object of love, especially as the perfumed mountains