The Mind
Quatrain 415
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
The Mind
Suppose the world goes well with you, what then?
When life's last page is read and turned, what then?
Suppose you live a hundred years of bliss,
Yea, and a hundred years besides, what then?
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 415.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/414/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 415.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/414/.
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