19 MARCH 1948, Page 17

RHYTHMIC LAPSES

SIR,—May I be allowed to supplement Sir William Beach Thomas's note on rhythmic lapses by quoting three unconscious hexameters in the Bible. They are: (1) " How art thou fallen from heaven, 0 Lucifer, son of the morning! " (Isaiah 14, 12) ; (2) " Art thou He that should come, oc do we look for another ? " (John 11, 3) ; (3) " Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter agaihst them " (Colossians 3, 19).—Yours,