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Myself when young did eagerly frequent

Set by Liza Lehmann (1862 - 1918), no title, 1896 [ bass and piano ], from In a Persian Garden, no. 10 [Sung Text]

Note: this setting is made up of several separate texts.


Myself when young did eagerly frequent
Doctor and Saint, and heard great argument
About it and about; but evermore
Came out by the same door where in I went.

Text Authorship:

  • by Edward Fitzgerald (1809 - 1883), no title, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Third Edition, no. 27, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Fourth Edition, no. 27

Based on:

  • a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hakim Omar Khayyám (c1048 - c1122) [text unavailable]
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With them the Seed of Wisdom did I sow,
And with my own Hand [wrought to make it]1 grow,
And this was all the Harvest that I reap'd --
"I came like Water, and like Wind I go."

Text Authorship:

  • by Edward Fitzgerald (1809 - 1883), no title, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition, no. 28, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition, no. 31, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Third Edition, no. 28, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Fourth Edition, no. 28, first published 1859

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  • a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hakim Omar Khayyám (c1048 - c1122) [text unavailable]
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1 first edition: "labour'd it to"

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Why, all the Saints and Sages who discuss'd
Of the two Worlds so learnedly, are thrust
Like foolish Prophets forth; their words to scorn
Are scatter'd, and their mouths are stopp'd with Dust.

Text Authorship:

  • by Edward Fitzgerald (1809 - 1883), appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition, no. 25, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition, no. 29, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Third Edition, no. 26, first published 1859

Based on:

  • a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hakim Omar Khayyám (c1048 - c1122) [text unavailable]
    • Go to the text page.

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Researcher for this page: Barbara Miller


Author(s): Edward Fitzgerald (1809 - 1883)
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