Death & Dying
Book VIII, 142: To Carterius, the comrade of Gregory the Great
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
Dearest of comrades, noble Carterius, how hast thou suddenly departed, leaving me full of cares on earth? How hast thou departed, thou who didst direct the rudder of my youth, when in.a strange land I was composing verse, thou who wert the cause of my spiritual life. Of a surety Christ the Lord, who now is thine, is dearer to thee than all.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Nazianzus, Gregory of. “Book VIII, 142: To Carterius, the comrade of Gregory the Great.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/gregory-nazianzus/147/.
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Nazianzus, Gregory of. “Book VIII, 142: To Carterius, the comrade of Gregory the Great.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/gregory-nazianzus/147/.
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