Living
Quatrain 341
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
Living
With fancies, as with wine, our heads we turn,
Aspire to heaven, and earth's low trammels spurn;
But, when we drop this fleshly clog, 'tis seen
From dust we came, and back to dust return.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 341.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/340/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 341.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/340/.
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