Song of Solomon 3:2

2. I will rise A plainer connexion would be made by placing, I said to myself, at the beginning of the verse. The emotions of the Enamoured have become intolerable. About the city, suggests an unusual effort at search, as her home was evidently in the suburbs. Tidings of him at night will more likely be found in the streets of the town and the broad thoroughfares leading to it, than in the fields. Or it may be, that as Palestine has always been infested by robbers, the inhabitants, even of the rural districts, sought the safety of the town by night. Such is the prevailing usage at this time.