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" Ah, make the most of what we yet may spend, Before we too into the Dust descend ; Dust into Dust, and under Dust, to lie, Sans Wine, sans Song, sans Singer, and — sans End... "
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: And the Salámán and Ábsál of Jámí - Page 7
by Omar Khayyam - 1879 - 112 pages
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Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, the Astronomer-poet of Persia

Omar Khayyam - Persian poetry - 1859 - 48 pages
...Singer, and — sans End ! XXIV. Alike for those who for TO-DAY prepare, And those that after a TO-MORROW stare, A Muezzin from the Tower of Darkness cries " Fools ! your Reward is neither Here nor There !"• xxv. Why, all the Saints and Sages who discuss'd Of the Two Worlds so learnedly, are thrust Like...
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The Cornhill Magazine, Volume 25; Volume 72

William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1895 - 788 pages
...a couch — for whom ? Alike for those who for to-day prepare, And those that after some to-marroiv stare, A Muezzin from the Tower of Darkness cries, ' Fools ! your reward is neither here nor there.' There was nothing very interesting in Baramoula except these ' poplars wedded to the vine.' And we...
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Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, rendered into Engl. verse [by E. Fitzgerald. 2nd ...

Omar Khayyam - 1868 - 56 pages
...and — sans End ! XXVII. Alike for those who for TO-DAY prepare, And those that after some TO-MORROW stare, A Muezzin from the Tower of Darkness cries, " Fools ! your Reward is neither Here nor There ! " XXVIII. Another Voice, when I am sleeping, cries, " The Flower should open with the Morning skies."...
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Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: The Astronomer-poet of Persia. Rendered Into ...

Laurier House, Omar Khayyam - 1872 - 70 pages
...bloom, Ourselves must we beneath the Couch of Earth Descend — ourselves to make a Couch — for whom ? XXIV. Ah, make the most of what we yet may spend,...Saints and Sages who discuss'd Of the Two Worlds so learnedly are thrust Like foolish Prophets forth ; their Words to Scorn Are scatter' d, and their Mouths...
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The Contemporary Review, Volume 27

Great Britain - 1876 - 1022 pages
...crept silently to rest." " Alike for those who for TODAY prepare, And those that after some TO-MOKROW stare, A muezzin from the Tower of Darkness cries, ' Fools ! your reward is neither here nor there.' " We pass next to a description of his experience in seeking truth from sage and priest, and to a sublime...
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Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, the Astronomer-poet of Persia

Omar Khayyam - 1878 - 164 pages
...and — sans End! xxv. Alike for those who for TO-DAY prepare, And those that after some TO-MORROW stare, A Muezzin from the Tower of Darkness cries,...Saints and Sages who discuss'd Of the Two Worlds so learnedly are thrust Like foolish Prophets forth ; their Words to Scorn Are scatter'd, and their Mouths...
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The Dublin Review, Volume 82

Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1878 - 568 pages
...singer, and — sans end, Alike for those who for to-day prepare, And those that after some to-morrow stare, A muezzin from the Tower of Darkness cries Fools ! your reward is neither here nor there. Thus did mediaeval Persia anticipate the Gospel of the modern apostlei and evangelists of matter. M...
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The British and Foreign Evangelical Review, Volume 27

Theology - 1878 - 834 pages
...following mournful lines : — " Alike for those who for To-day prepare, And those that after a To-morrow stare, A Muezzin from the Tower of Darkness cries, ' Fools ! your reward is neither here nor there. ' " Ah, fill the cup I— what boots it to repeat How Time is slipping underneath our feet : Unborn...
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Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: And the Salámán and Ábsál of Jámí

Omar Khayyam - Persian poetry - 1879 - 144 pages
...and — sans End ! xxv. Alike for those who for TO-DAY prepare, And those that after some TO-MORROW stare, A Muezzin from the Tower of Darkness cries,...foolish Prophets forth ; their Words to Scorn Are scatter'd, and their Mouths are stopt with Dust. XXVII. Myself when young did eagerly frequent Doctor...
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Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: And the Salámán and Ábsál of Jámí

Omar Khayyam - Persian poetry - 1879 - 142 pages
...and — sans End ! xxv. Alike for those who for TO-DAY prepare, And those that after some TO-MORROW stare, A Muezzin from the Tower of Darkness cries, " Fools ! your Reward is neither Here nor There." XXYI. Why, all the Saints and Sages who discuss'd Of the Two Worlds so wisely — they are thrust Like...
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