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Hymns and Homilies

St Ephrem the Syrian, tr. Burgess, 1853

18. Hymn 18: On the Death of an Aged Man

The only-begotten Son whom thou hast loved
From thy youth to thine old age,
Will remember thee in Eden,
Among the upright and righteous.

Thou wast perfect in thy faith,
And chaste in thine aspect;
Behold thy honourable name is diffused
Among us as a sweet odour.

Behold thy communion is with the angels,
And thy memorial in Paradise;
And with a crown of glory thou art adorned
In the heavenly Jerusalem.

The voice which called to Lazarus,
And to the maid, the daughter of Jairus,
Will call thee and raise thee up,
And clothe thee with spotless glory.