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

1859 edition, stanza 58

1859 edition, stanza 58

Oh Thou, who Man of baser Earth didst make,

And who with Eden didst devise the Snake;

⁠For all the Sin wherewith the Face of Man

Is blacken'd, Man's Forgiveness give—and take!