{"prudentius-epilogus/1.1":{"o":"Immolat Deo Patri\nPius, fidelis, innocens, pudicus\nDona conscientiae,\nQuibus beata mens abundat intus ;\nAlter et pecuniam\nRecidit, unde victitent egeni\nNos citos iambicos\nSacramus et rotatiles trochaeos,\nSanctitatis indigi,\nNec ad levamen pauperum potentes:\nAdprobat tamen Deus\nPedestre carmen, et benignus audit.\nMulta divitis domo\nSita est per omnes angulos supellex:\nFulget aureus scyphus,\nNec aere defit expolita pelvis ;\nEst et olla fictilis,\nGravisque et ampla argentea est paropsis.\nSunt eburna quaepiam;\nNonnulla quercu sunt cavata et ulmo.\nOmne vas fit utile,\nQuod est ad usum congruens herilem ;\nInstruunt enim domum\nUt empta magno, sic parata ligno.\nMe paterno in atrio,\nUt obsoletum vasculum, caducis\nChristus aptat usibus ,\nSinitque parte in anguli manere.\nMunus ecce fictile\nImus intra regiam salutis ;\nAttamen vel infimam\nDeo obsequelam praestitisse prodest.\nQuidquid illud accidet,\nIuvabit ore personasse Christum.","t":"To God the Father the devout,\nthe faithful, the innocent, the chaste man offers\nthe gifts of conscience,\nwith which the blessed mind abounds within;\nanother cuts off part of his money,\non which the needy may live.\nWe consecrate swift iambics\nand rolling trochees,\nlacking holiness,\nand not able to relieve the poor:\nyet God approves\nthe pedestrian song, and kindly hears.\nIn a rich man’s house\nmuch furniture is set in every corner:\na golden cup shines,\nnor is a polished bronze basin lacking;\nthere is also an earthen pot,\nand a heavy and broad silver dish.\nSome are of ivory;\nsome hollowed from oak and elm.\nEvery vessel is useful\nthat is fitted for the master’s use;\nfor they furnish the house,\nsome bought at great price, some made of wood.\nMe, in the Father’s hall,\nlike a worn-out little vessel, Christ\nfits for perishable uses,\nand allows me to stay in a corner.\nSee, an earthen gift,\nI go into the palace of salvation;\nyet it profits to have rendered\neven the lowest service to God.\nWhatever may befall,\nit will help to have sounded Christ with my mouth.","f":"Prudentius, <i>Epil.</i> 1.1 (Lanfranchi 1:lines 1–34; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-epilogus/1-1)."}}