Thy breast is as the tablet of the Khaṭîb;
Upon it are the letters unknown.
Thou causest me worriment and suffering,
Thou who art to me unlawful.
A RÂM ALLÂH MATRON AT HER OWN DOOR
(From the collection at the Semitic Museum, Cambridge, Mass.)
[182]. 2 Kings 18: 26.
[183]. Cf. John 12: 36; 1 Sam. 2: 12, A. V.
[184]. “Tales told in Palestine,” Hanauer and Mitchell, Cincinnati, 1904, Jennings & Graham.