The Strophes of Omar Khayyám

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Corbitt & Skidmore Company, 1888 - 76 pages
 

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Page 64 - Imperious Caesar, dead and turn'd to clay, Might stop a hole to keep the wind away : O, that that earth, which kept the world in awe, Should patch a wall to expel the winter's flaw ! But soft ! but soft ! aside : here comes the king.
Page 50 - The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, Lets in new light through chinks that Time has made: Stronger by weakness, wiser men become As they draw near to their eternal home. Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view That stand upon the threshold of the new.
Page 63 - Youths which shall continue in their bloom for ever, shall go round about to attend them, with goblets, and beakers, and a cup of flowing wine: their heads shall not ache by drinking the same, neither shall their reason be disturbed: and with fruits of the sorts which they shall choose, and the flesh of birds of the kind which they shall desire. And there shall accompany them fair damsels having large black eyes: resembling pearls hidden in their shells: as a reward for that which they shall have...
Page 12 - Ch' atto, misura e conto non comprende Quel vigor, mole, e numero, che tende Oltr' ogn' inferior, mezzo, e superno. Cieco error, tempo avaro, ria fortuna, Sorda invidia, vil rabbia, iniquo zelo, Crudo cor, empio ingegno, strano ardire Non bastaranno a farmi Г aria bruna, Non mi porrann 'avanti gli occhi il velo, Non faran mai, ch'il mió bel sol non mire.
Page 39 - Oh, gently, brother, do not treat me thus ; I too was once a man,
Page 36 - Eudaemon, and any one else like them. All ephemeral, dead long ago. Some indeed have not been remembered even for a short time, and others have become the heroes of fables, and again others have disappeared even from fables.
Page 63 - ... their heads shall not ache by drinking the same, neither shall their reason be disturbed : and with fruits of the sorts which they shall choose, and the flesh of birds of the kind which they shall desire. And there shall accompany them fair damsels, having large black eyes, resembling pearls hidden, in their shells, as a reward for that which they shall have wrought.
Page 46 - Le dieu du laboureur est comme un très-vieux roi De chair et d'os, seigneur du champ qu'il ensemence; Le dieu de son curé règne aussi, mais immense, Trois fois unique, esprit, fils et père de soi; Le déiste contemple un pur je ne sais quoi Lointain, par qui le monde, en s'ordonnant, commence ; Et le savant qui rit de leur sainte démence Nomme son dieu Nature et n'en fait qu'une loi ; Kant ne sait même plus si quelque chose existe, Et Fichte, usurpateur du temple vide et triste, Se divinise...
Page 46 - ... commence; Et le savant qui rit de leur sainte démence Nomme son dieu Nature et n'en fait qu'une loi ; Kant ne sait même plus si quelque chose existe, Et Fichte, usurpateur du temple vide et triste, Se divinise afin qu'un dieu reste debout. Ainsi roulent toujours, du néant aux idoles, Du blasphème aux credo, les multitudes folles ! Dieu n'est pas rien, mais Dieu n'est personne : il est Tout. UN BONHOMME...

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