Ah, make the most of what we yet may spend, Before we too into the Dust descend; Dust into Dust, and under Dust to lie, Sans Wine, sans Song, sans Singer, and — sans End! Alike for those who for TO-DAY prepare, And those that after some TO-MORROW stare,... The International Library of Famous Literature: Selections from the World's ... - Pàgina 973per Andrew Lang, Donald Grant Mitchell - 1898 - 9822 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| Omar Khayyam - 1859 - 48 pàgines
...Ourselves must we beneath the Couch of Earth Descend, ourselves to make a Couch — for whom ? XXIII. Ah, make the most of what we yet may spend, Before...Sans Wine, sans Song, sans Singer, and — sans End ! XXIV. Alike for those who for TO-DAY prepare, And those that after a TO-MORROW stare, A Muezzin from... | |
| Omar Khayyam - 1868 - 56 pàgines
...lean — Ah, lean upon it lightly ! for who knows From what once lovely Lip t springs unseen ! XXVI. Ah, make the most of what we yet may spend, Before...Sans Wine, sans Song, sans Singer, and — sans End ! XXVII. Alike for those who for TO-DAY prepare, And those that after some TO-MORROW stare, A Muezzin... | |
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1869 - 650 pàgines
...bloom, Ourselves must we beneath the couch of earth Descend, ourselves to make a couch — for whom 7 " Ah, make the most of what we yet may spend, Before...Sans wine, sans song, sans singer, and — sans end.' " I sometimes think that never blows so red The rose as where some buried Caesar bled ; That every... | |
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1869 - 650 pàgines
...beneath the couch of earth Descend, ourselves to make a conch — for whom 1 " Ah, make the most Cjf what we yet may spend, Before we too into the dust...Sans wine, sans song, sans singer, and — sans end.' ' I sometimes think that never blows so red The rose as where some buried Csesar bled ; That every... | |
| Graeme Mercer Adam, George Stewart - 1876 - 608 pàgines
...two before, And one by one crept silently to rest," we have the "drink and be merry " exhortation : " Ah, make the most of what we yet may spend, Before we too into the Dust descend ; Dust unto Dust, and under Dust, to lie, Sans Wine, sans Song, sans Singer, and — sans End ! ***** " Why,... | |
| James Sully - 1877 - 500 pàgines
...is clearly a To-morrow ! — Why, To-morrow I may be Myself with Yesterday's sev'n thousand years. ' Ah ! make the most of what we yet may spend, Before we too into the Dust descend,' &c. 1 It may be added that when people seek to moderate in themselves or in others a too intense concern... | |
| Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1878 - 568 pàgines
...which ourselves So late emerg'd from shall so soon expire. And this is his practical conclusion : — Ah, make the most of what we yet may spend, Before...Sans wine, sans song, sans singer, and — sans end, Alike for those who for to-day prepare, And those that after some to-morrow stare, A muezzin from the... | |
| Omar Khayyam - 1879 - 144 pàgines
...future Fears : To-morrow ! — Why, To-morrow I may be Myself with Yesterday's Sev'n thousand Tears. XXII. For some we loved, the loveliest and the best...spend, Before we too into the Dust descend ; Dust into Dnst, and tinder Dust, to lie, Sans Wine, sans Song, sans Singer, and — sans End ! xxv. Alike for... | |
| Edward Hayes Plumptre - 1881 - 312 pàgines
...drink and be merry. " "Ah, my Beloved, fill the Cup that clears To-DAY of past Regret and future Fears. Ah, make the most of what we yet may spend, Before...lie, Sans Wine, sans Song, sans Singer and sans End." Man's aspirations after immortality are met with the scepticism of the "who knoweth? " of Pyrrho and... | |
| Edward Hayes Plumptre - 1881 - 306 pàgines
...drink and be merry." "Ah, my Beloved, fill the Cup that clears To-DAY of past Regret and future Fears. Ah, make the most of what we yet may spend, Before...lie, Sans Wine, sans Song, sans Singer and sans End." Man's aspirations after immortality are met with the scepticism of the "who knoweth?" of Pyrrho and... | |
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