Tycho Brahe as Poet Click to Read poems

Throughout his life, Tycho Brahe was devoted to poetry and he even left some own poetic opuses. Most of them are scattered throughout his scientific publications. Sculptures, pictures and verses written by him decorate the walls of the castle.

 Alchemy, Astrology, and Ovid—A Love Poem by Tycho Brahe

…Your science is empty [or vain], and it leaves your purse empty too. I too have been left, and my bed is empty because of your science…

…Because of that I live alone through days without sun and nights without stars, because you are gone, my sun…