Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (1859) — Quatrain LXI
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (1859) — Quatrain LXI
Omar Khayyam
Then said another--"Surely not in vain
My substance from the common Earth was ta'en,
That He who subtly wrought me into Shape
Should stamp me back to common Earth again."
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Complete 75-quatrain first edition, 1859. FitzGerald’s free English rendering. · Translated by Edward FitzGerald
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