 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1869 - 650 pages
...world I blow, At once the silken tassel of my purse Tear, and its treasure on the garden throw.' " " The worldly hope men set their hearts upon Turns ashes,...dusty face, Lighting a little hour or two, is gone. " Think, in this battered caravanserai Whose portals are alternate night and day, How Sultán after... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - Electronic journals - 1905 - 718 pages
...ocean. The mutabilities of things, and likewise the tears of things : for one thing after another, ' Like snow upon the Desert's dusty Face Lighting a little hour or two—is gone,' and the eternal, ever-changing dance goes on." Now this purports to be very fine writing,... | |
 | Omar Khayyam - 1872 - 70 pages
...buried once, Men want dug up again. xvi. The Worldly Hope men set their Hearts upon Tunis Ashes—or it prospers; and anon, Like Snow upon the Desert's dusty Face, Lighting a little hour or two—was gone. XVII. Think, in this batter'd Caravanserai Whose Portals are alternate Night and Day,... | |
 | Manchester Literary Club - English literature - 1877 - 328 pages
...life and the vanity of human ambition:— 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, was gone. Think in this battered caravanserai, Whose portals are alternate night and day, How sultan... | |
 | Bible - 1881 - 306 pages
...world I blow, 'At once the silken tassel of my Purse Tear, and its Treasure on the Garden throw;' ***** The Worldly Hope men set their Hearts upon Turns ashes,...the Desert's dusty face, Lighting a little hour or two—was gone. Think—in this battered Caravanserai Whose portals are alternate Night and Day, How... | |
 | Charles De Berard Mills - Maxims - 1882 - 282 pages
...almost purely nihilistic, it is plain that he deserves recognition among writers of the first class. The worldly hope men set their hearts upon Turns ashes,...it prospers; and anon, Like snow upon the desert's dusky face, Lighting a little hour or two, was gone. Ah, my beloved, fill the cup that clears To-day... | |
 | College students' writings, American - 1885 - 492 pages
...heed the rumble of a distant Drum ! XVI. 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—was gone. But further yet. If Time sweeps away, not only Me, but what has been done by Me, there... | |
 | Brander Matthews - Actors - 1886 - 338 pages
...seemed to muse with Omar Khayyam thus : The worldly hope men set their hearts upon Turns to ashes—or it prospers ; and anon, Like snow upon the desert's dusty face. Lighting a little hour or two—was gone ! and tossed aside his triumphs with indifference. Whatever the part he had to personate,... | |
 | Edward FitzGerald - 1887 - 544 pages
...winds like Rain, Alike to no such aureate Earth are turn'd As, buried once, Men want dug up again. XVI The Worldly Hope men set their Hearts upon Turns Ashes...Desert's dusty Face, Lighting a little hour or two — was gone. 28 RUBAIYAT OP OMAR KHAYYAM. First Edition. XVI Think, in this batter'd Caravanserai... | |
 | Omar Khayyam - Persian poetry - 1888 - 138 pages
...winds like Rain, Alike to no such aureate Earth are turn'd As, buried once, Men want dug up again. The Worldly Hope men set their Hearts upon Turns Ashes...Desert's dusty Face, Lighting a little hour or two — was gone. XVII i Think, in this batter'd Caravanserai Whose Portals are alternate Night and Day,... | |
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dust. 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. 
