Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (1859) — Quatrain LXII
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (1859) — Quatrain LXII
Omar Khayyam
Another said--"Why, ne'er a peevish Boy
Would break the Bowl from which he drank in Joy;
Shall He that made the Vessel in pure Love
And Fansy, in an after Rage destroy!"
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Complete 75-quatrain first edition, 1859. FitzGerald’s free English rendering. · Translated by Edward FitzGerald
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