Lifes an ocean crossing where winds howl
and the sea comes at us wasve after wave.
With Fortune our pilot,weather fair or foul,
all alike drop anchor in the grave.
Palladas of Alexandria lived from 360-430 AD.He was a poet and a teacher of ancient literature.He was a Greek poet who flourished in the 4th century.He lived in Alexandria, Egypt. his 151 epigrams preserved in the Greek Anthology. His poems describe the persona of a pagan schoolteacher resigned to life in a Christian city.