Nature
LXXII
From The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Nature
Alas, that Spring should vanish with the Rose!
That Youth's sweet-scented Manuscript should close!
The Nightingale that in the Branches sang,
Ah, whence, and whither flown again, who knows!
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FitzGerald, Edward. “LXXII.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/fitzgerald/35/.
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