Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (1859) — Quatrain LXIV
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (1859) — Quatrain LXIV
Omar Khayyam
Said one--"Folks of a surly Tapster tell,
And daub his Visage with the Smoke of Hell;
They talk of some strict Testing of us--Pish!
He's a Good Fellow, and 'twill all be well."
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Complete 75-quatrain first edition, 1859. FitzGerald’s free English rendering. · Translated by Edward FitzGerald
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