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Chan 5
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co m es into col l isi o n with another fact str o nger and m ore u m
a l terable than i t se l f, it m us t either conform thereto, o r m ake
way fo r so m e t hing else and tha t o ther fact is this —that the
Psa l m s and Can t icles are non metri c al they are in what i s called
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Prayer B ook open t o harm on y— to ask exe m ption for the Psa l ms,
an d fo r the Can t icles when chan t ed
B u t an objecti o n has been raised which we cannot jus t ly pass
over It is p l eaded wi t h so m e reason that with u n isonous singing,
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22 C H AN TI NG IN FR EE R HY T H M
II In a t
s range land
inad m issib l e , every such verse is given in its usua l form also,
and the di fficulty dea l t w i t h as above .
( ii ) The other cases ( not so rare ) which dem and thi s for m of
diaeresis are th o se where the last syl l able being a str o ng o ne ,
and b oth th o se prece ding it too w ea k to bear the heavy pen
ultim ate accent it w ould otherwise be n ecess ary t o go back
,
largely .
Te D eu m dc c r y prai se Th ee
7 . a l ue o f D i aere sis i n re g ar d t o E m ph as is o n o t her
T he V
W or ds — I t i s a very i m po rtant point in fav o ur o f t he free use
of diaeresis , that it enables us to escape al l the false e mphase s