by Hakim Omar Khayyám (c1048 - c1122)
Translation by Edward Fitzgerald (1809 - 1883)
The worldly hope men set their Hearts...
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Language: English after the Persian (Farsi)
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 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 [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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