Death & Dying
Book VIII, 87: On the Parents of Gregory and Caesarius
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
We were ripe for the tomb, when the stonecutters laid this stone here for our old age. But they laid it for us, and Caesarius, the last of our children, occupies it, not as was meet. My child, my child, we have suffered the greatest of misfortunes, but as soon as may be receive in thy tomb us who hasten to depart.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Nazianzus, Gregory of. “Book VIII, 87: On the Parents of Gregory and Caesarius.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/gregory-nazianzus/92/.
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Nazianzus, Gregory of. “Book VIII, 87: On the Parents of Gregory and Caesarius.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/gregory-nazianzus/92/.
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