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 For now her lovely eyes, Unclouded, brown, Are lighted with their greeting smile— The Hand awaited through the gloom Is seen!—her whitened forehead lies Upon the Shepherd's shoulder down— Yea,—her own Jesus comes,—to lead Unto the meadows where is Peace indeed!

EGIDIO OF COIMBRA—1597 A.D.

The rumor came to Frei Egidio In cloistered Santa Cruz, that out of Spain King Philips secret courier had fared With orders under seal suspending all The statutes of Coimbra that controlled The contests for the prefessorial chairs, And ordering the Faculty to grant Padre Francisco Suarez primacy Among the masters theological. And Frei Egidio, whose ancient name Fonseca was relinquished when at court It shone its brightest, who had ceaseless toiled His score of years in cloister and in schools, Unravelling knotty texts, disputing long With monk and doctor of the Carmelites, Dominicans and Trinitarians, Consulting with the students, visiting, Fawning and banqueting—himself and all His faction in the University—