 | Omar Khayyam - 1859 - 48 Seiten
...foolish Prophets forth ; their Words to Scorn Are scatter'd, and their Mouths are stopt with Dust. xxvi. Oh, come with old Khayyam, and leave the Wise To talk...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 Seiten
...one's Hand. LXVI. 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 is blown for ever dies. LXVII. Strange, is it not ? that of the myriads who Before us pass'd the door... | |
 | 1905 - 358 Seiten
...is said about the Cornell spirit and devotion to our Alma Mater, reminding us of Omar's quatrain : "Myself when young did eagerly frequent Doctor and Saint, and heard great argument About it and about: but evermore Came out at the same door wherein I went." The need for such a building... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1869 - 650 Seiten
...lean, — Ah, lean upon it lightly ! for who knows From what once lovely lip it springs unseen ! " " Myself when young did eagerly frequent Doctor and saint, and heard great argument About it and about : but evermore Came out by the same door as in I went. " With them the seed of wisdom... | |
 | 1900 - 1070 Seiten
...a weariness of the flesh," recalls that of the Persian poet, as interpreted by Edward Fitzgerald : Myself, when young, did eagerly frequent Doctor and Saint, and heard great argument About it and about : but evermore Came out by the same door where in I went Next the king tries the... | |
 | Laurier House, Omar Khayyam - 1872 - 70 Seiten
...into Dust ! LXIII. 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. 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 Seiten
...only hold fast by the skirts of the Prophet ; but believe me, and it is a Sufi tells it you : — ' One thing is certain, that life flies ; One thing is certain, and the rest lies : The flower that once has blown for ever dies.' I -will now return to the company ; mortal, farewell."... | |
 | Dora Greenwell - 1875 - 250 Seiten
...things " nearer to the heart's desire." It exclaims in the language of his lofty, impatient scorn — " Myself when young did eagerly frequent Doctor and saint, and heard great argument About it, and about ; but evermore Came out by the same door as in I went. " There was a door to which... | |
 | Dora Greenwell - 1875 - 248 Seiten
...things " nearer to the heart's desire." It exclaims in the language of his lofty, impatient scorn — " Myself when young did eagerly frequent Doctor and saint, and heard great argument About it, and about ; but evermore Came out by the same door as in I went. " There was a door to which... | |
 | 1876 - 1022 Seiten
...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...lies. The flower that once has blown for ever dies. " Strange, is it not? that, of the myriads who Before us passed the door of darkness through. Not one... | |
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Myself when young did eagerly frequent Doctor and Saint, and heard great Argument About it and about : but evermore Came out by the same Door as in I went. 
