33. Happy, then, was he in so opportune a
death, because he has not been preserved for this sorrow.
Certainly thou art happier than thy holy sister, deprived of thy
comfort, anxious for her own modesty, lately blessed with two brothers,
now wretched because of both, being able neither to follow the one nor
to leave the other; for whom thy tomb is a lodging, and the
burying-place of thy body a home. And would that even this
resting-place were safe! Our food is mingled with weeping and our
drink with tears, for thou hast given us the bread of tears as food,
and tears to drink in large measure, Ps. lxxx.
[lxxix.] 5. nay, even
beyond measure.