Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (1859) — Quatrain XXI
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (1859) — Quatrain XXI
Omar Khayyam
Lo! some we loved, the loveliest and the best
That Time and Fate of all their Vintage prest,
Have drunk their Cup a Round or two before,
And one by one crept silently to Rest.
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Complete 75-quatrain first edition, 1859. FitzGerald’s free English rendering. · Translated by Edward FitzGerald
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