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“Trophonius and Agamedes, having built a shrine at Delphi,
requested of Apollo their reward, and he said he would give it
them on the seventh day; and on that day they died.”
Plutarch apud Stob.
The Epitaph of Biton and Cleobis.
“Their mother's car themselves they drew
To this her shrine in all men's view;
The people bless'd her thus convey'd,
And she for them her Goddess prayed,—
To this her shrine in all men's view;
The people bless'd her thus convey'd,
And she for them her Goddess prayed,—
“On these her sons that there might rest
Some gift the highest and the best;
She prayed—they died;—the God thus shews
Death is the best which Heaven bestows.”
Some gift the highest and the best;
She prayed—they died;—the God thus shews
Death is the best which Heaven bestows.”
“I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, From
henceforth blessed are the dead which die in the Lord; for
they rest from their labours, and their works do follow them.”
Rev. xiv. 13
So death, our nature's worst distress,
Itself is highest blessedness,
If it be register'd on high
In deeds of duteous piety.
Itself is highest blessedness,
If it be register'd on high
In deeds of duteous piety.
To that state nearest they draw nigh
In self-denying deeds who die;
Of earthly pleasures dispossess'd
When mortified they are at rest.
In self-denying deeds who die;
Of earthly pleasures dispossess'd
When mortified they are at rest.
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