XLVIII.

_Onus meum leve est._ Matt. xi. 30.

Esse levis quicunque voles, onus accipe Christi:

Ala tuis humeris, non onus, illud erit.

Christi onus an quaeris quam sit grave? scilicet audi,

Tam grave, ut ad summos te premat usque polos.

_My burden is light._

Askest how thou may'st lightly loaded be?

Christ's _burden_ take from me:

A wing to lift, no load to press thee down,

Thou it wilt feel and own.

Dost ask how heavy may Christ's _burden_ be?

Then list, O man, to me:

So _heavy_, that whoe'er 'neath it enrolls,

It lifts to the highest poles. G.

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