And when Thyself with shining Foot shall pass
Among the Guests Star-scatter'd on the Grass,
And in thy joyous Errand reach the Spot
Where I made one - turn down an empty Glass!

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Text Authorship:

• by Edward Fitzgerald (1809 - 1883), no title, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition, no. 75, first published 1859 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

• a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hakim Omar Khayyám (c1048 - c1122) [text unavailable]
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

• by (Robert) Houston Bright (1916 - 1970), "And when Thyself with shining Foot shall pass", published 1953 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Three Quatrains from the "Rubáiyát" of Omar Khayyám, no. 3, NY : Associated Music Publishers [sung text not yet checked]

The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:

• by Liza Lehmann (1862 - 1918), "Ah, moon of my delight, who know'st no wane", 1896 [ tenor and piano ], from In a Persian Garden, no. 20
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• Also set in English, a translation by Edward Fitzgerald (1809 - 1883) , no title, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Third Edition, no. 101, first published 1872 ; composed by Granville Ransome Bantock, Sir.
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• Also set in English, a translation by Edward Fitzgerald (1809 - 1883) , no title, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Fourth Edition, no. 101 ; composed by Henry Houseley, Dorothy Rudd Moore.
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