PL 61, col. 546

Poemata (Paulinus Nolanus), J. P. Migne

Idque sacramenti est, geminae quod in utraque virgae
Ut diducta pari fastigia fine supinant,
Infra autem distante situ parili pede constant,
Affixaeque sibi media compage cohaerent,
Et paribus spectant discreta cacumina summis.
His intermedio coeuntibus insita puncto
Virga velut sceptrum regale superbius exstat,
Significans regnare Deum super omnia Christum,
Qui cruce dispansa per quatuor extima ligni
Quatuor attingit dimensum partibus orbem,
Ut trahat ad vitam populos ex omnibus oris.
Et quia morte crucis cunctis Deus omnia Christus
Exstat in exortum vitae, finemque malorum,
Alpha crucem circumstat, et ω tribus utraque virgis

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