Thou holy Magdalene, Ere rosy morn was seen, Awokest; but e'en then Thy Sun was in thy ken. Now the great olden sun, Rising as wont upon The earth, is wilderèd With new beams round him shed. Lo, as a star he seems, Or torch with nigh-quench'd beams; Keeping himself still small Before the Lord of All. How well might'st thou, O Sun, Submit to be outshone, And, as a morning-star, Herald One grander far! G. VIII. _Quinque panes ad quinque hominum millia._ Joan. vi. 9. En mensae faciles, redivivaque vulnera coenae, Quaeque indefessa provocat ora dape! Aucta Ceres stupet arcana se crescere messe. Denique quid restat? Pascitur ipse cibus. _On the miracle of multiplyed loaves._ See here an easie feast that knows no wound, That under Hunger's teeth will needs be found; A subtle harvest of unbounded bread: What would ye more? Here Food itselfe is fed. CR. ANOTHER VERSION. Eas'ly-furnish'd table! And feast increas'd by eating: Still the mouth entreating. The bread itself, unable To tell whence it flows, Finds it most surely grows. Finds itself guest--no fable! Whence is the mystic dower? From Him Who is all power. G. IX. _Æthiops lotus._ Act. viii. 38. Ille niger sacris exit, quam lautus! ab undis: Nec frustra Æthiopem nempe lavare fuit. Mentem quam niveam piceae cutis umbra fovebit? Tam volet et nigros sancta Columba lares. _On the baptized Ethiopian._ Let it no longer be a forlorne hope To wash an Ethiope: He's washt; his gloomy skin a peacefull shade For his white soule is made: And now, I doubt not, the Eternall Dove A black-fac'd house will love. CR. ANOTHER VERSION. How fair this Ethiop comes from th' holy fount! To wash a Black we may not vain account. How bright a soul is in a cloudy skin! The Dove now loves a black house to dwell in. B. X. _Publicanus procul stans percutiebat pectus suum._ Luc. xviii. 13. Ecce hic peccator timidus petit advena templum: Quodque audet solum, pectora moesta ferit. Fide miser; pulsaque fores has fortiter: illo Invenies templo tu propiore Deum. _The publican standing afar off smote on his breast._