An online archive of the first five editions of Edward FitzGerald's translation of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.

1859 edition, stanza 43

1859 edition, stanza 43

The Grape that can with Logic absolute

The Two-and-Seventy jarring Sects confute:

⁠The subtle Alchemist that in a Trice

Life's leaden Metal into Gold transmute.