Nature

V.

by Edward FitzGerald 1809–1883

From The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Nature

Iram indeed is gone with all its Rose,
And Jamshyd's Sev'n-ring'd Cup where no one knows;
But still the Vine her ancient Ruby yields,
And still a Garden by the Water blows.

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