 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! Alike for those who for TO-DAY prepare, And those that after some TO-MORROW stare,...  Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, rendered into Engl. verse [by E. Fitzgerald. 2nd ... - Page 6by Omar Khayyam - 1868Full view - About this book
 | Omar Khayyam - 1859 - 48 pages
...Ourselves must we beneath the Couch of Earth Descend, ourselves to make a Couch — for whom ? XXIII. Ah, make the most of what we yet may spend, Before...Sans Wine, sans Song, sans Singer, and — sans End ! XXIV. Alike for those who for TO-DAY prepare, And those that after a TO-MORROW stare, A Muezzin from... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - England - 1895 - 792 pages
...bloom, Ourselves, must we beneath the coach of earth Descend, ourselves to make 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... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1869 - 650 pages
...bloom, Ourselves must we beneath the couch of earth Descend, ourselves to make a couch — for whom 7 " Ah, make the most of what we yet may spend, Before...Sans wine, sans song, sans singer, and — sans end.' " I sometimes think that never blows so red The rose as where some buried Caesar bled ; That every... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1869 - 650 pages
...beneath the couch of earth Descend, ourselves to make a conch — for whom 1 " Ah, make the most Cjf what we yet may spend, Before we too into the dust...Sans wine, sans song, sans singer, and — sans end.' ' I sometimes think that never blows so red The rose as where some buried Csesar bled ; That every... | |
 | Laurier House, Omar Khayyam - 1872 - 70 pages
...; Dust into Dust, and under Dust, to lie, Sans Wine, sans Song, sans Singer, and — sans End! xxv. Alike for those who for TO-DAY prepare, And those that after some TO-MOEEOW stare, A Muezzin from the Tower of Darkness cries, " Fools ! your Reward is neither Here... | |
 | Graeme Mercer Adam, George Stewart - Humanities - 1876 - 608 pages
...two before, And one by one crept silently to rest," we have the "drink and be merry " exhortation : " Ah, make the most of what we yet may spend, Before we too into the Dust descend ; Dust unto Dust, and under Dust, to lie, Sans Wine, sans Song, sans Singer, and — sans End ! ***** " Why,... | |
 | Great Britain - 1876 - 1022 pages
...Time has prost, Have drunk their cup a round or two boforo, And one by one 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... | |
 | James Sully - Pessimism - 1877 - 500 pages
...is clearly a To-morrow ! — Why, To-morrow I may be Myself with Yesterday's sev'n thousand years. ' Ah ! make the most of what we yet may spend, Before we too into the Dust descend,' &c. 1 It may be added that when people seek to moderate in themselves or in others a too intense concern... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1878 - 568 pages
...which ourselves So late emerg'd from shall so soon expire. And this is his practical conclusion : — Ah, make the most of what we yet may spend, Before...Sans wine, sans song, sans singer, and — sans end, Alike for those who for to-day prepare, And those that after some to-morrow stare, A muezzin from the... | |
 | Omar Khayyam - 1878 - 164 pages
...we beneath the Couch of Earth Descend — ourselves to make a Couch — for whom ? : XXIV.- v, IV i, make the most of what we yet may spend, /Before we...Sans Wine, sans Song, sans Singer, and — sans End! xxv. Alike for those who for TO-DAY prepare, And those that after some TO-MORROW stare, A Muezzin from... | |
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