The Mind
Quatrain 103
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
The Mind
Dame Fortune's smiles are full of guile, beware!
Her scimitar is sharp to smite, take care!
If e'er she drop a sweetmeat in thy mouth,
'Tis poisonous,--to swallow it forbear!
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 103.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/102/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 103.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/102/.
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