Love

XXII

by Edward FitzGerald 1809–1883

From The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Love

For some we loved, the loveliest and the best
That from his Vintage rolling Time hath prest,
Have drunk their Cup a Round or two before,
And one by one crept silently to rest.

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