“And as the fruitful field produceth leaves,
And on the ash trees some fade, others grow,
So whirls the race of man its leaf,”[913]—
Homer transcribes:
“Some of the leaves the wind strews on the ground.
The budding wood bears some; in time of spring,
They come. So springs one race of men, and one departs.”[914]
Again, Homer having said:
“It is unholy to exult over dead men,”[915]—
Archilochus and Cratinus write, the former: