 | Omar Khayyam - 1859 - 48 pàgines
...with Dust. xxvi. Oh, come with old Khayyam, and leave the Wise To talk ; one thing is certain, that Life flies; One thing is certain, and the Rest is...Lies ; The Flower that once has blown for ever dies. XX VJI. Myself when young did eagerly frequent Doctor and Saint, and heard great Argument About it... | |
 | Omar Khayyam - 1868 - 56 pàgines
...Paradise to stand. Alack, I doubt the Prophet's Paradise Were empty as the hollow of one's Hand. LXVI. Oh threats of Hell and Hopes of Paradise ! One thing...certain and the rest is Lies ; The Flower that once is blown for ever dies. LXVII. Strange, is it not ? that of the myriads who Before us pass'd the door... | |
 | Laurier House, Omar Khayyam - 1872 - 70 pàgines
...trust, Or lured with Hope of some Diviner Drink, To fill the Cup — when crumbled into Dust ! LXIII. Oh threats of Hell and Hopes of Paradise ! One thing...Lies ; The Flower that once has blown for ever dies. LXIV. Strange, is it not ? that of the myriads who Before us pass'd the door of Darkness through Not... | |
 | John Burley Waring - 1873 - 466 pàgines
...Persia, who died early in the twelth century, thus speaks of life : — " One thing is certain, that life flies ; One thing is certain, and the rest is...lies ; The flower that once has blown for ever dies." Again — " There was a door to which I found no key, There was a veil past which I could not see ;... | |
 | 1876 - 1022 pàgines
...splendid poetry. ' Oh ! throats of hell and hopes of paradise ! One thing »t least is certain — thii life flies. One thing is certain, and the rest is...Strange, is it not? that, of the myriads who Before us passed the door of darkness through. Not one returns to tell us of the road. Which to discover we must... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1878 - 568 pàgines
...verses by way of* specimen of Omar Khayyam's mode of unravelling the " master knot of human fate." Oh, threats of hell and hopes of paradise, One thing at...lies ; The flower that once has blown for ever dies. The revelations of devout and learn'd Who rose before us, and as prophets bnrn'd, Are all but stories,... | |
 | Omar Khayyam - 1878 - 164 pàgines
...Or lured with Hope of some Diviner Drink, To fill the Cup — when crumbled into Dust ! LXIII. \ O threats of Hell and hopes of Paradise ! One thing...the rest is Lies ; The Flower that once has blown forever dies. LXIV. \ / f Strange, is it not ? that of the myriads who r / / 1 Before us pass'd the... | |
 | Omar Khayyam - 1879 - 144 pàgines
...trust, Or lured with Hope of some Diviner Drink, To fill the Cup — when crumbled into Dust ! LXIII. Oh threats of Hell and Hopes of Paradise ! One thing at least is certain — This Life flies ; >l OMAR KHAYYAM. 17 LXIV. Strange, is it not ? that of the myriads who Before us pass'd the door... | |
 | Omar Khayyam - 1879 - 146 pàgines
...trust, Or lured with Hope of some Diviner Drink, To fill the Cup — when crumbled into Dust ! LXIII. Oh threats of Hell and Hopes of Paradise ! One thing at least is certain — This Life flies; OMAR KHAY5TAM. 17 LXIV. Strange, is it not ? that of the myriads who Before us pass'd the door of Darkness... | |
 | 1879 - 820 pàgines
...It is the last which has the genuine Khayam flavour. Mr. Fitzgerald's No. 69 (of the 1872 edition) : Strange, is it not? that of the myriads who Before us pass'd the door of Darkness Not one return* to tell us of the road Which to discover we must travel too — is rather the expression... | |
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Oh threats of Hell and Hopes of Paradise! One thing at least is certain— This Life flies; One thing is certain and the rest is Lies; The Flower that once has blown for ever dies. 
