134 FORMS OF HEBREW POETRY
rhythmically like most of Lamentations iv.;
it is, for example, rhythmically unlike Lamenta-
tions v. 13
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vlwk Cfb Myrfnv
Young men bare the mill,
And youths stumbled under the wood;
it is, on the other hand, rhythmically like, e.g.,
Lamentations iv. 8--
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blHm vHc
Her nobles were purer than snow,
Whiter than milk.
One or two other verses in Lamentations v. may
at first seem ambiguous : are verses 3 and 14,
for example, in balancing or echoing rhythm?
Again, in Lamentations iv., where the echo-
ing rhythm clearly and greatly prevails, a few
verses disengage themselves as exceptions; e.g.
verse 13
hyxybn tvxFHm
hynhk tvnvf
For the sins of her prophets,
The iniquities of her priests,
gives the impression of balance rather than echo,
though the entire rhythmical impression is not
quite that which is left by the balancing rhythm
of Lamentations v.
Thus, without any more detailed examination
or exacter measurement of lines, we reach the
important conclusion, which a close study of