Time & Brevity
Quatrain 117
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
Time & Brevity
Alas for that cold heart, which never glows
With love, nor e'er that charming madness knows;
The days misspent with no redeeming love;--
No days are wasted half as much as those!
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MLA
Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 117.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/116/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 117.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/116/.
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