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Stichera (From the Burial Office for a Child)

(From the Burial Office for a Child)

ὢ τίς μὴ θρηνήσει τέκνον μου

I Who would not weep my child To see thee still and dead?-- Thou from maternal arms, Even as a bird hast fled:-- Who would not weep my child?

II Who would not weep my child To see thy faded brow, Once like the lily, fair, But lost to beauty now?-- Who would not weep my child?

III Who would not weep my child?-- Like ship on boundless sea, That leaves no track behind, Lo, thou art gone from me,-- Who would not weep my child?