Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (1859) — Quatrain IV
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (1859) — Quatrain IV
Omar Khayyam
Now the New Year reviving old Desires,
The thoughtful Soul to Solitude retires,
Where the WHITE HAND OF MOSES on the Bough
Puts out, and Jesus from the Ground suspires.
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Complete 75-quatrain first edition, 1859. FitzGerald’s free English rendering. · Translated by Edward FitzGerald
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