Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
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Alike for folks who for TO-DAY prepare,And those that after a TO-MORROW stare,A Muezzin from the Tower of Darkness cries“Fools! Your Reward is neither Here nor There.”

I only read the first edition and couldn't even get past the first page of the fifth edition. I compared three quatrains I liked between the two editions just to make sure I wasn't re-reading them. Anyway, here are two other quatrains I liked:

Oh, include vintage Khayyam, and depart the WiseTo talk; one element is certain, that Life flies;One thing is positive, and the Rest is Lies;The Flower that once has blown for ever dies.
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With them the Seed of Wisdom did I sow,And with my own hand labour'd it to grow:And this became all the Harvest that I achieve'd—“I came like Water, and like Wind I pass.”

November 24, 2024