_De voto filiorum Zebedaei._ Matt. xx. 20.
Sit tibi, Joannes, tibi sit, Jacobe, quod optas;
Sit tibi dextra manus; sit tibi laeva manus.
Spero alia in coelo est, et non incommoda, sedes;
Si neque laeva manus, si neque dextra manus.
Coeli hanc aut illam nolo mihi quaerere partem;
O coelum, coelum da, Pater alme, mihi.
_Concerning the prayer of the sons of Zebedee._
O brothers twain, may it be yours to fill
At right and left your places as ye will!
A seat remains, I trust--a fair one too--
Besides those high ones that were sought for you.
I pray not that to me some part be given,
But heaven itself, kind Father, grant me heaven. CL.