Thou wonderèd'st! how else could'st thou so guarded?
Yet thou believ'dst the mighty coming birth;
Queen! thy faith's working is full well rewarded;
God's daughter, thou God's mother art on earth. G.
LXXXII.
Licetne Caesari censum dare? Marc. xii. 14.
Post tot Scribarum, Christe, in te proelia, tandem
Ipse venit Caesar; Caesar in arma venit.
Pugnant terribiles non Caesaris ense, sed ense
Caesare: quin Caesar vinceris ipse tamen.
Hoc quoque tu conscribe tuis, Auguste, triumphis.
Sic vinci dignus quis nisi Caesar erat?
Is it lawful to give tribute to Cæsar?
After so many battles with the Scribes, O Lord,
Cæsar himself comes; Cæsar with his sword.
They fight not arm'd with Cæsar's sword indeed;
But Cæsar as their sword with craft they plead.
Conquer'd thyself, O Cæsar, make it known—
Who save thee, worthy so to be o'erthrown. G.
LXXXIII.
In tibicines et turbam tumultuantem circa defunctam. Matt. ix. 23.
Vani, quid strepitis? nam quamvis dormiat illa,[58]
Non tamen e somno est sic revocanda suo.
Expectat solos Christi sopor iste susurros:
Dormit enim; sed non omnibus illa tamen.