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THAIS.
So narrated in “The Fathers of the Desert.”
“There are last which shall be first.”
One of our Brethren saw in vision fair
Four mighty Angels stand, and duteous spread
In the high heavens, with nice, exactest care
Of love that lightened its own task, a bed;
Then thought he now, “Great Antony is dead,
The desert's Father; and they thus prepare
To welcome him: or it may be the blest
Hilarion hath entered into rest
With many years and vigils overspent;
Hath any of our company away
Passed in the night?” Then one made answer, “Yea,
Thais the penitent.”
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