Death & Dying
Book VIII, 80: On Himself
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
My Greece, my dear youth, my possessions, my body, how gladly ye yielded to Christ! If my mother’s vow and my father’s hand made me a priest acceptable to God, why grudge me this? Blessed Christ receive me in thy choirs and give glory to thy servant Gregory son of Gregory.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Nazianzus, Gregory of. “Book VIII, 80: On Himself.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/gregory-nazianzus/84/.
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Nazianzus, Gregory of. “Book VIII, 80: On Himself.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/gregory-nazianzus/84/.
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