With me along the strip of Herbage strown That just divides the desert from the sown, Where name of Slave and Sultán is forgot -- And Peace to Máhmúd on his golden Throne!
Part 2
Set by Henry Houseley (1852? - 1925), "Part 2", published 1917 [ soli, chorus, orchestra ], from cantata Omar Khayyám, no. 2, New York : H. W. Gray  [sung text checked 1 time]
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- by Edward Fitzgerald (1809 - 1883), no title, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition, no. 11, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Third Edition, no. 11, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Fourth Edition, no. 11, first published 1868
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- a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hakim Omar Khayyám (c1048 - c1122) [text unavailable]
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]A Book of Verses underneath the Bough, A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread -- and Thou Beside me singing in the Wilderness -- [Oh]1, Wilderness were Paradise enow!
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- by Edward Fitzgerald (1809 - 1883), no title, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Third Edition, no. 12, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Fourth Edition, no. 12, first published 1872
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- a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hakim Omar Khayyám (c1048 - c1122) [text unavailable]
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- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Un libro di poesie posato sotto un ramo", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
1 Lehmann : "Ah"
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Some for the Glories of This World; and some Sigh for the Prophet's Paradise to come; Ah, take the Cash, and let the Promise go, Nor heed the music of a distant Drum!
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- by Edward Fitzgerald (1809 - 1883), no title, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition, no. 13, first published 1868
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- a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hakim Omar Khayyám (c1048 - c1122) [text unavailable]
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]Some for the Glories of This World; and some Sigh for the Prophet's Paradise to come; Ah, take the Cash, and let the Credit go, Nor heed the rumble of a distant Drum!
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- by Edward Fitzgerald (1809 - 1883), no title, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Fourth Edition, no. 13, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Third Edition, no. 13
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- a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hakim Omar Khayyám (c1048 - c1122) [text unavailable]
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]Look to the [blowing Rose]1 about us -- "Lo, "Laughing," she says, "into the World I blow: "At once the silken Tassel of my Purse "Tear, and its Treasure on the Garden throw."
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- by Edward Fitzgerald (1809 - 1883), no title, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition, no. 13, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition, no. 15, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Third Edition, no. 14, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Fourth Edition, no. 14, first published 1859
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- a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hakim Omar Khayyám (c1048 - c1122) [text unavailable]
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View original text (without footnotes)1 first edition: "Rose that blows".
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The worldly hope men set their Hearts upon Turns Ashes, or it prospers; and anon Like Snow upon the Desert's dusty face, Lighting a little hour or two -- [is]1 gone.
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- by Edward Fitzgerald (1809 - 1883), no title, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition, no. 14, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition, no. 17, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Third Edition, no. 16, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Fourth Edition, no. 16, first published 1859
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- a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hakim Omar Khayyám (c1048 - c1122) [text unavailable]
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Fitzgerald has "was" in the second and third editions.
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Think, in this batter'd Caravanserai, Whose [Portals]1 are alternate Night and Day, How Sultan after Sultan with his Pomp, Abode his [destined hour]2 and went his way.3
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- by Edward Fitzgerald (1809 - 1883), appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition, no. 16, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition, no. 18, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Third Edition, no. 17, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Fourth Edition, no. 17, first published 1859
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View original text (without footnotes)1 in the first edition alone: "Doorways"
2 in the first edition alone: "Hour or two"
3 Lehmann adds: "Waste not your hour!"
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