Time & Brevity
LXIV
From The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Time & Brevity
Said one--"Folks of a surly Tapster tell,
And daub his Visage with the Smoke of Hell;
They talk of some strict Testing of us--Pish!
He's a Good Fellow, and 'twill all be well."
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FitzGerald, Edward. “LXIV.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/fitzgerald/32/.
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FitzGerald, Edward. “LXIV.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/fitzgerald/32/.
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