Nature
VIII
From The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Nature
And look--a thousand Blossoms with the Day
Woke--and a thousand scatter'd into Clay:
And this first Summer Month that brings the Rose
Shall take Jamshyd and Kaikobad away.
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FitzGerald, Edward. “VIII.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/fitzgerald/4/.
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FitzGerald, Edward. “VIII.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/fitzgerald/4/.
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