| John Paul Scott - 1990 - 378 Seiten
...accumulated force may bring spiritual enlightenment and understanding within our being.) Whether at Naishapur or Babylon, Whether the cup with sweet or bitter run,...drop, The leaves of Life keep falling one by one. Regardless of our environment (whether Naishapur or Babylon) and this also means whether it is goo4... | |
| William Gerber - 1994 - 312 Seiten
...time is also a theme of Omar Khayyam. One stanza of his Rubaiyat reads: (512) Whether at Naishapur or Babylon, Whether the Cup with sweet or bitter run,...drop, The Leaves of Life keep falling one by one. An English medal which was made in the 1630's conveys this theme as follows: (513) As soone as wee... | |
| Omar Khayyam, Edward FitzGerald - 1997 - 342 Seiten
..."Naishapur" seems resistant to being grafted onto an inhospitable metrical pattern: Whether at Naishapur or Babylon, Whether the Cup with sweet or bitter run....drop. The Leaves of Life keep falling one by one. Both the second and third syllables of "Naishapur" are long, but it is the third that is stressed in... | |
| William Gerber - 1997 - 252 Seiten
...waxing, our life is waning." One of Omar Khayyam's appealing stanzas reads: (758) Whether at Naishapur or Babylon, Whether the Cup with sweet or bitter run,...drop, The Leaves of Life keep falling one by one. Andrew Marvell (1621-1678), in his lines "To His Coy Mistress," lamented: (759) But at my back I always... | |
| James A. Athanasou - 1997 - 126 Seiten
...(2x1.50) 2. What is the average number of letters in the words of this verse? Whether at Naishapur or Babylon Whether the cup with sweet or bitter run;...drop, The leaves of life keep falling one by one. A approximately 4. 1 on average B approximately 5 on average C approximately 4.5 on average D approximately... | |
| Kathy Sammis - 2002 - 150 Seiten
...Bird of Time has but a little way To flutter — and the Bird is on the Wing. Whether at Naishapur or Babylon, Whether the Cup with sweet or bitter run,...drop, The Leaves of Life keep falling one by one. Directions: Answer the following questions. You may use the back of this sheet if you need more writing... | |
| John Herbert Roper - 2003 - 364 Seiten
...argument, whether the Reverend Tom Long's bitter draught or Professor Horace Williams's sweet cup, "the wine of Life keeps oozing drop by drop, / The Leaves of Life keep falling one by one," and "Thee and Me" would soon be gone as well, a pity to lose even that brief moment together. Such... | |
| Omar - 2005 - 109 Seiten
...Bird of Time has but a little way To flutter—and the Bird is on the Wing, VII! Whether at NaisMpur or Babylon, Whether the Cup with sweet or bitter run....drop, The Leaves of Life keep falling one by one. IX Each Morn a thousand Roses brings, you say; Yes, but where leaves the Rose of Yesterday? And this... | |
| Margaret Mayo - 2006 - 157 Seiten
...least began attractively, and the consistent fulfilment of their Omarian faith. Whether at Naishapiir or Babylon, Whether the Cup with sweet or bitter run,...drop, The Leaves of Life keep falling one by one. Unlike Omar, however, these people are unconscious of the estimate they put upon pleasure, for they... | |
| Michael Kurland - 2007 - 320 Seiten
...all of us — foreigners, visitors for a time to this world, and then we pass beyond. As Omar said, 'The Wine of life keeps oozing drop by drop, / The Leaves of Life keep falling one by one.' " The older woman looked at the younger and her faced cracked into what might have been a smile. "I... | |
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