Abraham ibn Ezra

“ And after—he is even as one dead.
Happy the man who deemeth his own part
That of a stranger who is quickly fled:
Who hath no contemplation in his heart
Nor thought nor sense
But his soul's after-life and recompense. ”

“ The Author of The Ages of Man is not known. There are several Hebrew variants of the poem, which, without convincing reason, has been ascribed to Abraham Ibn Ezra. The present English translation has been made from the text contained in a manuscript brought by Mr. ”