The Oracles of Leo the Wise

A watercolor illustration featuring a light brown or yellowish bull standing on a patch of green grass. To the right of the bull's head are two disembodied heads of young men or boys with curly hair, one positioned slightly above the other.

The ox is the fifth and the final archetype,
Revealing the pattern of the word and the way;
And of a temperate life, wisely and truly,
The mortal quickly becomes the goodness of the tomb.

he has reached

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Alone of the earth's lineage
In the glory of palaces,
And he mastered the dead,
The remaining dominions,
For in brief, you shall
Attain the end.

Having reached the face, just as you appeared to me, friend,
For you possess the first of virtues, except for the struggle.