"Thy two breasts are like two fawns….which feed among the lilies" (4:5).
A pomegranate when cut reveals pellucid seeds, like crystal tinged with red, typifying the heart adornment of a meek and quiet spirit, so precious to God, resulting in that stamp of modesty on the brow which calls forth the Bridegroom's praise. The soul is said to be "veiled" because she dwells hidden from her Risen Lord in the heavenly places.
6. Her neck is like a tower "Thy neck is like the tower of David, builded for an armory, whereon there hang a thousand bucklers" (4:4). Like the woman "made straight" by the Lord Jesus, she was once "bowed together, and could in no wise lift herself up" (Luke 13:110-13). Her glorious Lord has broken the bars of her yoke, and made her to go "upright" (Leviticus 26:130, so that He likens her neck to a tower; yet she is so pliable in His hands that she is the contrary of the one described in Isaiah 48:4: "obstinate, thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass." Neither is she among the daughters who are "haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks" (Isaiah 3:16). The Well-Beloved also compares her neck to the tower of David, which contained the shields of the mighty men of Israel. Her steadfast uprightness, in union with the Lord – "mighty in battle" – makes her invincible, for her shield is God Himself. She is thus prepared for that war with the hosts of darkness which increases in force and intensity as she goes forward in the heavenly life.
7. Her breasts are like fawns, feeding among lilies "Thy two breasts are like two fawns….which feed among the lilies" (4:5). The fawns are the young of the deer. The breasts, compared to fawns, may signify the capacity of the soul for receiving the divine life on behalf of others. This capacity, as yet, is small, and in its present stage capable of little more than receiving nourishment for its own need and the development of its own life. "Everyone that partaketh of milk is without experience of the word of righteousness; for he is a babe" (Hebrews 5:13). "Ye are not straightened in us, but…in your own affections….Be ye also enlarged" (2 Corinthians 6:12-13), said the apostle. In the metaphorical language used by the Risen Lord to His purchased one, the characteristics of the new creation as given in the writings of St. Paul are thus clearly traced. The soul is a temple of the Holy Spirit, recreated in Christ, and built up with all saints "to make a house wherein God may dwell by the presence of His Spirit" (Ephesians 2:22), therefore it is said to have "doves eyes." It is "strengthened with might by the Spirit in the inner man"; therefore it is able to walk in high places (i.e. heavenly places) as the goats appear on Mount Gilead.