Hebrew Canon

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    Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
    —Bible: Hebrew Proverbs 30:20.

    There is a Canon which confines
    A Rhymed Octosyllabic Curse
    If written in Iambic Verse
    To fifty lines.
    Hilaire Belloc (1870–1953)