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

1859 edition, stanza 74

1859 edition, stanza 74

Ah, Moon of my Delight who know'st no wane,

The Moon of Heav'n is rising once again:

⁠How oft hereafter rising shall she look

Through this same Garden after me—in vain!