Abreast, likeoxengoinginayoke,

Iwiththatheavy-ladensoulwenton,

Aslongasthesweetpedagoguepermitted;

Butwhenhesaid, "Leavehim, andonwardpass,

Forhere 'tisgoodthatwiththesailandoars,

Asmuchasmaybe, eachpushonhisbarque;"

Upright, aswalkingwillsit, Iredressed

Myperson, notwithstandingthatmythoughts

Remainedwithinmedowncastandabashed.

Ihadmovedon, andfollowedwillingly

ThefootstepsofmyMaster, andweboth

Alreadyshowedhowlightoffootwewere,

Whenuntomehesaid: "Castdownthineeyes;

'Twerewellforthee, toalleviatetheway,

Tolookuponthebedbeneaththyfeet."

As, thatsomememorymayexistofthem,

Abovetheburieddeadtheirtombsinearth

Bearsculpturedonthemwhattheywerebefore;

Whenceoftenthereweweepforthemafresh,

Fromprickingofremembrance, whichalone

Tothecompassionatedothsetitsspur;

SosawIthere, butofabettersemblance

Inpointofartifice, withfigurescovered

Whate'eraspathwayfromthemountprojects.

Isawthatonewhowascreatednoble

Morethanallothercreatures, downfromheaven

Flamingwithlightningsfallupononeside.

IsawBriareussmittenbythedart

Celestial, lyingontheotherside,

Heavyupontheearthbymortalfrost.

IsawThymbraeus, Pallassaw, andMars,

Stillcladinarmourroundabouttheirfather,

Gazeatthescatteredmembersofthegiants.

Isaw, atfootofhisgreatlabour, Nimrod,

Asifbewildered, lookingatthepeople

WhohadbeenproudwithhiminSennaar.

ONiobe! withwhatafflictedeyes

TheeIbehelduponthepathwaytraced,

Betweenthysevenandsevenchildrenslain!

OSaul! howfallenuponthypropersword