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Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, and Salámán and Absál Together...

XIV.

Project Gutenberg EPUB edition Omar Khayyam, Emerson, Ralph Waldo, Jami, and FitzGerald, Edward
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The Worldly Hope men set their Hearts upon Turns Ashes—or it prospers; and anon, Like Snow upon the Desert’s dusty Face Lighting a little Hour or two—is gone.

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Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, and Salámán and Absál Together with a Life of Edward Fitzgerald and an Essay on Persian Poetry by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Project Gutenberg eBook #22535

XIII. XV.