Nature
IX
From The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Nature
Each Morn a thousand Roses brings, you say:
Yes, but where leaves the Rose of Yesterday?
And this first Summer month that brings the Rose
Shall take Jamshyd and Kaikobad away.
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FitzGerald, Edward. “IX.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/fitzgerald/40/.
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