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XVII.
“μη φυναι τον απαντα νι-
κα λογον: το δ', επει φανη,
βηναι κειθεν οθεν περ ηκει
πολυ δευτερον ως ταχιστ .”
Soph. Œd. Col. 1225.
κα λογον: το δ', επει φανη,
βηναι κειθεν οθεν περ ηκει
πολυ δευτερον ως ταχιστ .”
Soph. Œd. Col. 1225.
Oh yes, if what this world can give
Were all our destiny,
Indeed 'twere better not to live,
Or being born to die.
Were all our destiny,
Indeed 'twere better not to live,
Or being born to die.
And I too from the eternal sleep
Woke to this world of strife,
Could like a Thracian mother weep
O'er this poor gift of life.
Woke to this world of strife,
Could like a Thracian mother weep
O'er this poor gift of life.
“She remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man
is born into the world.”
S. John xvi 21.
But on thy face, my little one,
There is a drop of dew,
Which from the everlasting Sun
Hath caught a living hue.
There is a drop of dew,
Which from the everlasting Sun
Hath caught a living hue.
With that may blend a mother's tear
Till both in hope may shine,
To wake in Heaven, and find thee there
To share the life Divine.
Till both in hope may shine,
To wake in Heaven, and find thee there
To share the life Divine.
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