PL 19, col. 740

Carmen Paschale (Coelius Sedulius), J. P. Migne

Ad tumulum, vacuumque vident jam corpore factum,
Sed plenum virtute locum. Nam missus ab astris
Angelus amoti residebat vertice saxi,
Flammeus aspectu, niveo praeclarus amictu.
Qui gemina specie terrorem, et gaudia portans,
Cunctaque dispensans, custodibus igne minacem
348 Venerat in formam, Christum quaerentibus albam.
Illae igitur Dominum calcata vivere morte
Angelica didicere fide; perterritus autem
Miles in ancipiti retinet discrimine vitam,

Text from the Corpus Corporum (University of Zurich).

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