Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), Quotidie morior from the Mysterium Cosmographicum, 1621 edition.
Epigram attributed to Ptolemy
The commonplace of dying I admit
but when I ponder Heaven's form close-knit,
My feet don't touch the ground. Instead, with Zeus
I taste ambrosia, sip celestial juice.
translation©2002 Leonard Cottrell
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Epigramma Ptolemaeo adscriptum
Quotidie morior, fateorquesed inter Olympi
Dum tenet assiduas me mea cura vias,
Non pedibus terram contingo, sed ante Tonantem
Nectare, divina pascor et ambrosia.
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