Death & Dying
Book VIII, 24: On his Mother who was taken to God from the Altar
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
The Lord’s day was the crown of all thy words and deeds, my mother. Honouring as thou didst all mourning by mourning, thou didst yield thee to rejoicing but on holy days. The temple was the witness of thy joy and grief alike: all the place was sanctified by thy tears, and by the cross alone those tears were stayed.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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MLA
Nazianzus, Gregory of. “Book VIII, 24: On his Mother who was taken to God from the Altar.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/gregory-nazianzus/26/.
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Nazianzus, Gregory of. “Book VIII, 24: On his Mother who was taken to God from the Altar.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/gregory-nazianzus/26/.
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