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, fateorque—sed 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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