Poetry Explorer

Classic and Contemporary Poetry

THE RUBAIYAT, 1879 EDITION: 51 by OMAR KHAYYAM

First Line: WHOSE SECRET PRESENCE, THROUGH CREATION'S VEINS
Last Line: THEY CHANGE AND PERISH ALL--BUT HE REMAINS:
Subject(s): FREEDOM; TIME; LIBERTY;
Whose secret Presence, through Creation's veins
Running Quicksilver-like, eludes your pains;
Taking all shapes from Mah to Mahi; and
They change and perish all--but He remains:


Home: PoetryExplorer.net