_[In] obolum viduae._ Marc. xii. 44.
Gutta brevis nummi, vitae patrona senilis,
E digitis stillat non dubitantis anus;
Istis multa vagi spumant de gurgite census:
Isti abjecerunt scilicet; illa dedit.
{Kermatioio bracheia rhanis, biotoio t' aphaures
Herkos, apostazei cheiros apo tromeras.
Tois de anaskirta polys aphros anaideos olbou.
hoi men aperrhipton; keina dedoke monon.}
_The widow's mites._
Two mites, two drops--yet all her house and land--
Falle from a steady heart though trembling hand:
The others' wanton wealth foams high and brave.
The other cast away; she only gave. CR.