_Sancto Joanni dilecto discipulo._
Tu fruere, augustoque sinu caput abde, quod o tum
Nollet in aeterna se posuisse rosa.
Tu fruere; et sacro dum te sic pectore portat,
O sat erit tergo me potuisse vehi.
_To St. John the beloved disciple._
Upon His breast thy happy head reposes,
Nor would that pillow change for Heaven's own roses:
While thus His bosom bears up happy thee,
To press His shoulders were enough for me. G.