Living
XVIII
From The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Living
They say the Lion and the Lizard keep
The courts where Jamshyd gloried and drank deep:
And Bahram, that great Hunter--the Wild Ass
Stamps o'er his Head, but cannot break his Sleep.
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FitzGerald, Edward. “XVIII.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/fitzgerald/44/.
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FitzGerald, Edward. “XVIII.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/fitzgerald/44/.
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