Nature

XCI

by Edward FitzGerald 1809–1883

From The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Nature

Ah, with the Grape my fading life provide,
And wash the Body whence the Life has died,
And lay me, shrouded in the living Leaf,
By some not unfrequented Garden-side.

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FitzGerald, Edward. “XCI.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/fitzgerald/91/.

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FitzGerald, Edward. “XCI.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/fitzgerald/91/.

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