Omar Khayam
“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.”
― The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, done into English by Edward Fitzgerald, with illustrations by Paul McPharlin. Mount Vernon. The Peter Pauper Press.
