I tread the earth no longer and soar where none hath trod,
To feast in Heaven’s banquet-hall and drink the wine of God.
H. Darnley Naylor’s Version.
Although there cannot be absolute certainty, this Ptolemy is no doubt the great Greek astronomer; and the epigram would date from about 140 A.D.
HERACLEITUS.
They told me, Heracleitus, they told me you were dead,
They brought me bitter news to hear and bitter tears to shed.
I wept, as I remembered, how often you and I