CLXXXII.

_Caeci receptis oculis Christum sequuntur._ Matt. xx. 34.

Ecce manu imposita Christus nova sidera ponit:

Sectantur patriam sidera fida manum.

Haec manus his, credo, coelum est: haec scilicet astra

Suspicor esse olim quae geret ille manu.[87]

{Cheir epiballomene Christou epeballen opopon

Astra; opedeuei keina ge cheiri Theou.

Cheir haue toutois pelen ouranos. astra gar oimai

En cheri taut' oisei Christos epeita hee.}

_The blind men having received their sight follow Christ._

See Christ with outstretcht hand new stars create,

Which on that hand with due observance wait.

That hand, sure, is their heaven: these stars are they

Which He will hold in His right hand one day. R. WI.

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