Translation of J.W. Mackail.
"TO-MORROW, AND TO-MORROW"
Macedonius (Third Century A.D.)
"To-morrow I will look on thee,"—but that never comes for us, while the accustomed putting-off ever grows and grows. This is all thy grace to my longing; and to others thou bearest other gifts, despising my faithful service. "I will see thee at evening." And what is the evening of a woman's life?—old age, full of a million wrinkles.
Translation of J.W. Mackail.
THE PALACE GARDEN
Arabius (527-567 A.D.)
I am filled with waters, and gardens, and groves, and vineyards, and the joyousness of the bordering sea; and fisherman and farmer from different sides stretch forth to me the pleasant gifts of sea and land: and them who abide in me, either a bird singing or the sweet cry of the ferrymen lulls to rest.