The Mind
Quatrain 295
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
The Mind
See! the dawn breaks, and rends night's canopy:
Arise! and drain a morning draught with me!
Away with gloom! full many a dawn will break
Looking for us, and we not here to see!
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MLA
Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 295.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/294/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 295.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/294/.
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