Matthew Poole and continuators on Song of Solomon 7:8

8 I said , I will go up to the palm-tree , I will take hold of the boughs thereof : now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples .

Within my self, I resolved.

I will climb up, that so I may take hold, as it follows of the boughs, which do not grow out of the sides, as in other trees, but only at the top of it.

Partly to prune and dress them, and partly to gather the fruit. Whereby is signified Christs care of his Church, and his delight in her.

Of thy breath; which is oft called the breath of, or in, a mans nostrils, Gen. 7. 22. Isa. 2. 22. Lam. 4. 20.

Either 1. Common Apples, which sometimes yield a very pleasant smell: Or 2. Odoriferous Apples. See on chap. 2. 5.