Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE RUBAIYAT, 1879 EDITION: 16, by OMAR KHAYYAM Poet's Biography First Line: The worldly hope men set their hearts upon Last Line: Lighting a little hour or two -- is gone. Alternate Author Name(s): Khayyam, Omar Subject(s): Freedom; Religion; Time; Liberty; Theology | ||||||||
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. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MYSTIC BOUNCE by TERRANCE HAYES MATHEMATICS CONSIDERED AS A VICE by ANTHONY HECHT UNHOLY SONNET 11 by MARK JARMAN SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE COMING OF THE PLAGUE by WELDON KEES A LITHUANIAN ELEGY by ROBERT KELLY THE RUBAIYAT, 1879 EDITION: 100 by OMAR KHAYYAM |
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