21.12.2012, 10:35
He that for fear his master did deny,
And at a maiden's voice amazèd stood,
The mightiest Monarch of the earth withstood:
And on his master's Cross rejoyced to die.
He whose blind zeal did rage with Cruelty:
And helped to shed the first of Martyr's blood,
By light from heaven his blindness understood
And with the chief Apostle, slain doth lie.
O three times happy two: O golden pair
Who with your blood, did lay the Church's ground,
Within the fatal town, which twins did found.
And settled there the Hebrew fishers chair,
Where first the Latin shepherd raised his throne,
And since the world & Church were ruled by one.
And at a maiden's voice amazèd stood,
The mightiest Monarch of the earth withstood:
And on his master's Cross rejoyced to die.
He whose blind zeal did rage with Cruelty:
And helped to shed the first of Martyr's blood,
By light from heaven his blindness understood
And with the chief Apostle, slain doth lie.
O three times happy two: O golden pair
Who with your blood, did lay the Church's ground,
Within the fatal town, which twins did found.
And settled there the Hebrew fishers chair,
Where first the Latin shepherd raised his throne,
And since the world & Church were ruled by one.