Ah, fill the Cup: -- What boots it to repeat
How time is slipping underneath our Feet.
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Ah, fill the Cup: -- What boots it to repeat
Set by Liza Lehmann (1862 - 1918), no title, 1896 [ tenor ], from In a Persian Garden, no. 19, recitative [Sung Text]
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- by Edward Fitzgerald (1809 - 1883), no title, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition, no. 37, first published 1859
Based on:
- a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hakim Omar Khayyám (c1048 - c1122) [text unavailable]
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Better be jocund with the fruitful Grape
Than sadden after none, or bitter, Fruit.
Text Authorship:
- by Edward Fitzgerald (1809 - 1883), no title, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition, no. 56, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Third Edition, no. 54, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Fourth Edition, no. 54, 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]Ah Love! could you and I with Fate conspire To grasp the sorry Scheme of Things entire, Would we not shatter it to bits -- and then Remould it nearer to the Heart's Desire!
Text Authorship:
- by Edward Fitzgerald (1809 - 1883), no title, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition, no. 73, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition, no. 108, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Third Edition, no. 99, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Fourth Edition, no. 99, first published 1859
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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]Author(s): Edward Fitzgerald (1809 - 1883)