Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (1859) — Quatrain XIX
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (1859) — Quatrain XIX
Omar Khayyam
And this delightful Herb whose tender Green
Fledges the River's Lip on which we lean--
Ah, lean upon it lightly! for who knows
From what once lovely Lip it springs unseen!
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Complete 75-quatrain first edition, 1859. FitzGerald’s free English rendering. · Translated by Edward FitzGerald
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