Love
LXXVII
From The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Love
And this I know: whether the one True Light
Kindle to Love, or Wrath consume me quite,
One Flash of It within the Tavern caught
Better than in the Temple lost outright.
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FitzGerald, Edward. “LXXVII.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/fitzgerald/77/.
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FitzGerald, Edward. “LXXVII.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/fitzgerald/77/.
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