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Rest in the Lord; swift comes the happy time,
When we who strive shall reach Thy fairer clime;
Christ, give us welcome when the toil is past,
And bring us to the bliss of heaven, at last.
μακαρία ἡ ὁδός, ᾗ πορεύῃ σήμερον, ὅτι
ἡτοιμάσθη σοι τόπος ἀναπαύσεως.
Burial of a layman
I
Thou dost not pass a lonesome way,