mortals who, like leaves, at one moment flame with life...

Jenness Pond Withered Leaf    7/16/11 

“Miserable mortals who, like leaves,

at one moment flame with life,

eating the produce of the land,

and at another moment

                 weakly perish.”  –Homer, The Iliad

Below is a photo of the edition I bought in 1963 at Barnes & Noble in New York City for one of my required courses in Western Civilization my freshman year at Columbia University:

For a newer, spiffier copy, click here: THE ILIAD OF HOMER