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Verses from the Tentmaker

Song Cycle by Michael Richard Miller (b. 1932)

1. Into this universe  [sung text not yet checked]

Into this Universe, and why not knowing,
Nor whence, like Water willy-nilly flowing:
And out of it, as Wind along the Waste,
I know not whither, willy-nilly blowing.

Authorship:

  • by Edward Fitzgerald (1809 - 1883), no title, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition, no. 29, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition, no. 32, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Third Edition, no. 29, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Fourth Edition, no. 29, first published 1859 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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  • a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hakim Omar Khayyám (c1048 - c1122) [text unavailable]
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2. Myself when young  [sung text not yet checked]

Myself when young did eagerly frequent
Doctor and Saint and heard great argument
About it and about: but evermore
Came out by that same door as in I went.

Authorship:

  • by Edward Fitzgerald (1809 - 1883), appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition, no. 27, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition, no. 30, first published 1859 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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3. Then to the Lip  [sung text not yet checked]

Then to the Lip of this poor earthen Urn
I lean'd, the secret Well of Life to learn:
And Lip to Lip it murmur'd -- "While you live,
"Drink ! -- for, once dead, you never shall return."

Authorship:

  • by Edward Fitzgerald (1809 - 1883), no title, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition, no. 38, first published 1868 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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4. Scene of the wine pots 

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Authorship:

  • by Edward Fitzgerald (1809 - 1883)

5. For has not such a story  [sung text not yet checked]

[For]1 has not such a Story from of Old
Down Man's successive generations roll'd
Of such a clod of saturated Earth
Cast by the Maker into Human mould?

Authorship:

  • by Edward Fitzgerald (1809 - 1883), no title, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition, no. 41, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Fourth Edition, no. 38, first published 1868 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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1 fourth edition: "And"

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6. Recitative 

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Authorship:

  • by Edward Fitzgerald (1809 - 1883)

7. Duet 

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Authorship:

  • by Edward Fitzgerald (1809 - 1883)

8. The worldly hope  [sung text not yet checked]

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.

Authorship:

  • 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 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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1 Fitzgerald has "was" in the second and third editions.

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9. Final scene 

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Authorship:

  • by Edward Fitzgerald (1809 - 1883)

Total word count: 151
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