Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam, Rendered into English Verse

Mr. Fitzgerald had from his early days been thrown into contact with the Crabbe family; the Reverend George Crabbe (the poet's grandson) was an intimate friend of his, and it wa...

Awake! for Morning in the Bowl of Night Has flung the Stone that puts the Stars to Flight: And Lo! the Hunter of the East has caught The Sultan's Turret in a Noose of Light.]

And not a drop that from our Cups we throw On the parcht herbage but may steal below To quench the fire of Anguish in some Eye There hidden--far beneath, and long ago.

THE FIRST EDITION OF THE TRANSLATION 39 THE SECOND EDITION OF THE TRANSLATION 79 THE FIFTH EDITION OF THE TRANSLATION 136 VARIATIONS IN THE THIRD EDITION OF THE TRANSLATION 190

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, You when shall be You no more?