The Mind
Quatrain 442
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
The Mind
Ah! would there were a place of rest from pain,
Which we, poor pilgrims, might at last attain,
And after many thousand wintry years,
Renew our life, like flowers, and bloom again!
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 442.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/441/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 442.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/441/.
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