Reading

¹⁷ Matt. xxi. 19.

¹⁸ John xv. 1.

¹⁹ 2 Kings xx. 7; Isa. xxxviii. 21.

²⁰ Gal. v. 22, 23.

²¹ Micah iv. 4.

²² Zech. iv. 1-3.

²³ E. V. "Anointed ones," ver. 14.

²⁴ sxoi/nisma: same word as that translated "wick."-Tr.

²⁵ Gen. iii. 19.

¹ Wisd. vii. 9.

² [Compare our Lord's wisdom and mercy, Matt. xix. 11.]

³ The text of Jahn is here followed.-Tr. [I have been obliged to arrange this hymn (so as to bring out the refrain as sung by the chorus of virgins) somewhat differently from the form in the Edinburgh edition. I invite a comparison.]

⁴ Ps. xlv. 10.

⁵ Matt. xxv. 11.

⁶ Gen. iv. 10.

⁷ Gen. xxxix. 12.

⁸ Jud. viii.

⁹ Matt. i. 18.

¹⁰ [The only one. See p. 355, Elucidation II., infra]

¹¹ In Jahn, Telmesiake.-Tr. [Comp. p. 356, n. 2, infra]

¹² [Contrast the shameful close of Plato's Symposium.]