 For some we loved, the loveliest and the best That from his Vintage rolling Time hath prest, Have drunk their Cup a Round or two before, And one by one crept silently to rest.  Oriental Literature - Page 347edited by - 1900Full view - About this book
 | Omar Khayyam - 1859 - 48 pages
...Thousand Years.12 xxi. Lo ! some we loved, the loveliest and best That Time and Fate of all their Vintage prest, Have drunk their Cup a Round or two before, And one by one crept silently to Rest. XXII. And we, that now make merry in the Room They left, and Summer dresses in new Bloom, Ourselves... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1895 - 788 pages
...toil, the time, and the money buried in this grave, and calls to mind Omar Khayyam's melancholy words : And we, that now make merry in the room They left, and summer dresses in new bloom, Ourselves, must we beneath the coach of earth Descend, ourselves to make a couch — for whom ? Alike... | |
 | Current events - 1871 - 570 pages
...break his sleep. Kor some we loved, the loveliest and the best . That from hla vintage rolling time has prest, Have drunk their cup a round or two before. And one by one crept silently to rest. Were it not t'olly'spider-likc to spin The thread of present life away to win — What? for ourselvei... | |
 | Omar Khayyam - 1868 - 56 pages
...Years.12 XXII. For some we loved, the loveliest and the best That from his Vintage rolling Time has prest, Have drunk their Cup a Round or two before, And one by one crept silently to rest. XXIII. And we, that now make merry in the Room They left, and Summer dresses in new bloom, X£. XXIV.... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1869 - 650 pages
...thousand years. " For some we loved, the loveliest and the best That from his vintage rolling Time has prest, Have drunk their cup a round or two before,...the room They left, and summer dresses in new bloom, Ourselves must we beneath the couch of earth Descend, ourselves to make a conch — for whom 1 " Ah,... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1869 - 650 pages
...thousand years. " For some we loved, the loveliest and the best That from his vintage rolling Time has prest, Have drunk their cup a round or two before,...the room They left, and summer dresses in new bloom, Ourselves must we beneath the couch of earth Descend, ourselves to make a couch — for whom 7 " Ah,... | |
 | College student newspapers and periodicals - 1900 - 342 pages
...weavers of a glory that once was have folded their tents, like the Arabs, and as silently stolen away. And we, that now make merry in the Room They left, and Summer dresses in new Bloom ; Ourselves must be beneath the Couch of Earth; Descend — ourselves to make a couch — for whom?... | |
 | Graeme Mercer Adam, George Stewart - Humanities - 1876 - 608 pages
...Lip it springs unseen !" Then, after a lament for those — " the loveliest and the best " who had " drunk their Cup a Round or 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... | |
 | Music - 1878 - 536 pages
...thousand years ! For some we Inved, the loveliest and the best That from hie vintage rolling Time has prest, Have drunk their cup a round or two before, And, one by one, crept silently to rest. — OMAR KHATTHAM. The Heart. Two chambers hath the heart, And there Dwell Joy and Care. Wake Joy in... | |
 | Omar Khayyam - 1878 - 164 pages
...Years. ^-J XXII. For some we loved, the loveliest and the best u That from his Vintage rolling Time has prest, Have drunk their Cup a Round or two before, And one by one crept silently to rest. XXIII. And we, that now make merry in the Room They left, and Summer dresses in new bloom, Ourselves... | |
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