Living
Quatrain 237
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
Living
Many have come, and run their eager race,
Striving for pleasures, luxuries, or place,
And quaffed their wine, and now all silent lie,
Enfolded in their parent earth's embrace.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 237.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/236/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 237.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/236/.
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