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]
Χεὶρ ἐπιβαλλομένη Χριστοῦ ἐπέβαλλεν ὀπωπῶν
Ἄστρα· ὀπηδεύει κεῖνά γε χειρὶ Θεοῦ.
Χεὶρ αὓτη τούτοις πέλεν οὐρανός. ἄστρα γὰρ οἶμαι
Ἐν χερὶ ταῦτ' οἴσει Χριστὸς ἔπειτα ἑῇ.
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.
CLXXXIII.
Zachaeus in sycomoro. Luc. xix. 4.
Quid te, quid jactas alienis fructibus, arbor?
Quid tibi cum foliis non, sycomore, tuis?
Quippe istic ramo qui jam tibi nutat ab alto,
Mox e divina Vite racemus erit.
Τίπτ' ἐπικομπάζεις κενεὸν ξείνῳ δέ τε καρπῷ,
Καὶ φύλλοις σεμνὴ μὴ, συκόμωρε, τεοῖς;
Καὶ γὰρ ὅδ' ἐκκρήμνης σοῦ νῦν μετέωρος ἀπ' ἔρνους,
Ἀμπέλου ὁ κλαδὼν ἔσσεται οὐρανίου.