Living
Quatrain 381
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
Living
To drain the cup, to hover round the fair,
Can hypocritic arts with these compare?
If all who love and drink are going wrong,
There's many a wight of heaven may well despair!
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MLA
Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 381.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/380/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 381.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/380/.
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