Nature
XCVII
From The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Nature
Would but the Desert of the Fountain yield
One glimpse--if dimly, yet indeed, reveal'd,
To which the fainting Traveler might spring,
As springs the trampled herbage of the field!
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FitzGerald, Edward. “XCVII.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/fitzgerald/97/.
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FitzGerald, Edward. “XCVII.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/fitzgerald/97/.
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