by Hakim Omar Khayyám (c1048 - c1122)
Translation by Edward Fitzgerald (1809 - 1883)
But if in vain, down on the stubborn...
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Language: English after the Persian (Farsi)
But if in vain, down on the stubborn floor Of Earth, and up to Heav'n's unopening Door, You gaze To-day, while You are You -- how then To-morrow, when You shall be You no more
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- by Edward Fitzgerald (1809 - 1883), no title, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition, no. 54, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Third Edition, no. 53, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Fourth Edition, no. 53, first published 1868 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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