Song of Songs 8:10 (WEB)
I am a wall, and my breasts like towers, then I was in his eyes like one who found peace.
Fathers and councils · 2
Ambrose of Milan
“…for whom the Church first provided such protection, who, anxious for the prosperity of her tender offspring, herself as a wall with breasts as many towers, increases her care for them, until, the fear of hostile attack being at an end, she obtains by the care of a mother’s love peace for her vigorous children.” — editor's note: Cant. viii. 10.
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Jerome
“Nay rather when one knocketh at her door let her say: “I am a wall and my breasts like towers.” — editor's note: Cant. viii. 10.
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