Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (1859) — Quatrain XLI
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (1859) — Quatrain XLI
Omar Khayyam
For "IS" and "IS-NOT" though with Rule and Line,
And, "UP-AND-DOWN" without, I could define,
I yet in all I only cared to know,
Was never deep in anything but--Wine.
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Complete 75-quatrain first edition, 1859. FitzGerald’s free English rendering. · Translated by Edward FitzGerald
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