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

1868 edition, stanza 81

1868 edition, stanza 81

I tell you this—when, started from the Goal,

Over the flaming shoulders of the Foal

Of Heav'n Parwin and Mushtari they flung,

In my predestin'd Plot of Dust and Soul.