Quote#Wisdom
Reach me down my Tycho Brahe, — I would know him when we meet
Quote bySarah Williams · 1837–1868
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Twilight Hours: A Legacy of Verse (1868), "The Old Astronomer", st. 1.
English (original)
Reach me down my Tycho Brahé, — I would know him when we meet, When I share my later science, sitting humbly at his feet.
— Sarah Williams
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