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title: "A Spiritual Canticle"
author: "John of the Cross"
translator: "David Lewis"
languages: [en]
shelf: "Mystics"
section: 3 of 36
url: https://scriptura.si/works/john-of-the-cross-a-spiritual-canticle/3/
cite: "John of the Cross, tr. David Lewis, A Spiritual Canticle, section 3. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/john-of-the-cross-a-spiritual-canticle/3/"
---

# A Spiritual Canticle

*John of the Cross, tr. David Lewis*

The soul and the Bridegroom, after the Song of Songs.

## 3. Song of the Soul and the Bridegroom

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[¶0] THE BRIDE

[¶1] III

[¶2] ANSWER OF THE CREATURES

[¶3] THE BRIDE

[¶4] VII

[¶5] VIII

[¶6] XII

[¶7] XIII

[¶8] THE BRIDEGROOM

[¶9] XIV

[¶10] XVI

[¶11] XVII

[¶12] XVIII

[¶13] XIX

[¶14] THE BRIDEGROOM

[¶15] XXI

[¶16] XXII

[¶17] XXIII

[¶18] XXIV

[¶19] THE BRIDE

[¶20] XXV

[¶21] XXVI

[¶22] XXVII

[¶23] XXVIII

[¶24] XXIX

[¶25] XXX

[¶26] XXXI

[¶27] XXXII

[¶28] XXXIII

[¶29] XXXIV

[¶30] THE BRIDEGROOM

[¶31] XXXV

[¶32] XXXVI

[¶33] THE BRIDE

[¶34] XXXVII

[¶35] XXXVIII

[¶36] XXXIX