They say the Lion and the Lizard keep

Set by Liza Lehmann (1862 - 1918), no title, 1896 [ SATB quartet and piano ], from In a Persian Garden, no. 18 [Sung Text]

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They say the Lion and the Lizard keep
The Courts where Jamshýd gloried and drank deep,
And Bahrám, that great Hunter, -- the wild Ass
Stamps o'er his Head, but cannot break his sleep.

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Lo, some we lov'd, the loveliest and  ...  best 
That from his Vintage rolling Time has prest,
Have drunk their Cup a Round or two before, 
And one by one crept silently to rest.

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Strange, is it not, that of the myriads who
Before us pass'd the Door of Darkness through,
Not one returns to tell us of the Road
Which to discover we must travel too.

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