Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (1859) — Quatrain XLVIII

Omar Khayyam· 1048 – 1131· Persian

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Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (1859) — Quatrain XLVIII

Omar Khayyam

While the Rose blows along the River Brink,

With old Khayyam the Ruby Vintage drink:

And when the Angel with his darker Draught

Draws up to thee--take that, and do not shrink.

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Complete 75-quatrain first edition, 1859. FitzGerald’s free English rendering. · Translated by Edward FitzGerald
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