December 31, 2002
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To Aster, from Plato
Asteras eisathreis, Aster emos.
Eithe genoimen ouranos,
‘os pollois ommasin eis se blepo.
You gaze at stars, my Star.
Would that I were born the starry sky,
that I with many eyes might gaze at you.
— Plato
(Sometimes translated as “To Stella.” Hence the current site music, “Stella by Starlight.” See last midnight’s entry, “Three in One.”)
