Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (1859) — Quatrain LXX
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (1859) — Quatrain LXX
Omar Khayyam
Indeed, indeed, Repentance oft before
I swore--but was I sober when I swore?
And then and then came Spring, and Rose-in-hand
My thread-bare Penitence a-pieces tore.
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Complete 75-quatrain first edition, 1859. FitzGerald’s free English rendering. · Translated by Edward FitzGerald
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