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Brother of Basil, Nazianzen's friend,
In love that hath no end,
Brac'd by reproof and knit by charity,
In holy wisdom free!
Nyssa doth, from her breast by exile torn,
Her Nicene champion mourn:
But Judah's haunts his reverent zeal hath trod,
And trac'd the steps of God.
Yet not on Calvary's angel-haunted ground
His spirit rest hath found,
But that, where'er God is, from earthly woes
The pilgrim finds repose.
He gathers up Truth's fragments that remain
In Basil's golden strain;
And goes to seek him in his unseen rest,
Asleep on Jesus' breast.

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GREGORY NYSSEN.