Wise shipmen know, though the fair wind tarry, + 

It will blow on the third day; therefore they wait + 

Patiently, letting not gain-lust carry + 

Their freight to destruction. The small and the great + 

Alike to the bourne of death pass down. + 

But I deem that Odysseus inherits renown + 

Far, far surpassing his sufferings, + 

Through the sweet-voiced lay that Homer sings. + 